Gua"co (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) (a) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of
Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. Lindley. (b) The
Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
Gua"iac (?), a. [See Guaiacum.] Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.
-- n. Guaiacum.
Gua"ia*cum (?), n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Hayti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale or
lignum-vitÊ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is
much used in medicine. [Written also guaiac.]
Guan (gw‰n), n. ((Zoˆl.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous
birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile,
Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often
domesticated.
Gua"na (gw‰"n), n. (Zoˆl.) See Iguana.
Gua*na"co (gw*n‰"k), n.; pl. Guanacos (- kz). [Sp. guanaco, Peruv.
huanacu. Cf. Huanaco.] (Zoˆl.) A South American mammal (Auchenia
huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful
form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by
some to be the llama in a wild state. [Written also huanaco.]
Gua"ni*dine (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5,
formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with
methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric
acid, it yields urea and ammonia.
Gua*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Guano + -ferous.] Yielding guano. Ure.
Gua"nin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O)
contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas,
and other glands in mammals.
Gua"no (?), n.; pl. Guanos (#). [Sp. guano, fr. Peruv. huanu dung.] A
substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented
by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in
phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.
||Gua"ra (?), n. [Braz. guar·.] (Zoˆl.) (a) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.
||(b) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) - - named
||from its cry.
||Gua"ra*na` (?), n. [Pg.] (Med.) A preparation from the seeds of
||Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an
||astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.
Gua"ra*nine` (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same
as Caffeine.
Guar`an*tee" (?), n.; pl. Guarantees (#). [For guaranty, prob.
influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See Guaranty, and cf.
Warrantee.] 1. In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the
payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the
failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to
such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures
another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as
Guaranty.
His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal.
Macaulay.
2. One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a
guarantor. South.
Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.
3. (Law) The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of
guarantor.
Syn. -- Guarantee, Warranty. A guarantee is an engagement that a
certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an
engagement as to the qualities or title of a thing at the time of the
engagement.
Guar"an*tee`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. guaranteed (?); p, pr. & vb. n.
Guaranteeing.] [From Guarantee, n.] In law and common usage: to
undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of
(a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession,
right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at
all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or
secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee
the execution of a treaty.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
republican form of government.
Constitution of the U. S.
Guar"an*tor` (?), n. [See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantor.] (Law) (a) One
who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety. (b) One who
engages to secure another in any right or possession.
Guar"an*ty (?), n.; pl. Guaranies (#). [OF. guarantie, garantie, F.
garantie, OF. guarantir, garantir, to warrant, to guaranty, E.
garantir, fr. OF. guarant, garant, a warranter, F. garant; of German
origin, and from the same word as warranty. See Warrant, and cf.
Warranty, Guarantee.] In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer
for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or
duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or
perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.
Guar"an*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarantied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Guarantying.] [From Guaranty, n.] In law and common usage: To undertake
or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated);
to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to
engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by
another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to
secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See
Guarantee, v. t.
Guaranty agrees in form with warranty. Both guaranty and guarantee are
well authorized by legal writers in the United States. The prevailing
spelling, at least for the verb, is guarantee.
Guard (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. &, vb. n. Gurding.] [OF.
guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wart&?;n to be on the
watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. & n., and cf. Guard, n.] 1. To
protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to
keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or
attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care
for.
For Heaven still guards the right.
Shak.
2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts
of violence, or the like.
3. To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to
face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
The body of your discourse it sometime guarded with fragments, and
the guards are but slightly basted on neither.
Shak.