GUERDON. A reward or recompense for good service.
GUERILLA. Originally an irregular warfare, but now used mostly for the
irresponsible kind of partisan who carries it on.
GUERITE, OR GALITA. In fortification, a projecting turret on the top of
the escarp, whence a sentry may observe the outside of the rampart.
GUERNSEY-FROCK. _See_ JERSEY.
GUESS-WARP, OR GUEST-ROPE. A rope carried to a distant object, in order
to warp a vessel towards it, or to make fast a boat. (_See_ CHEST-ROPE.)
GUESTLINGS. The name of certain meetings held at the Cinque Ports.
GUEST-WARP BOOM. A swinging spar (lower studding-boom) rigged from the
ship's side with a warp for boats to ride by.
GUFFER. A British sea-fish of the blenny tribe, common under stones at
low-water mark, remarkable as being ovo-viviparous.
GUIDE. _See_ FLOOR-GUIDE.
GUIDE-RODS. The regulators of the cross-head of an engine's air-pump.
GUIDES. Men supposed to know the country and its roads employed to
direct a body of men on their march. The French and Belgians have "corps
de guides."
GUIDON. The swallow-tailed silk flag in use by dragoon regiments,
instead of a standard. Also, the sergeant bearing the same.
GUIDOR. A name in our old statutes synonymous with _conder_ (which see).