4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or
axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing,
as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a
horizontal.
6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive
the pintle of the rudder.
Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
Gud"geon, v. t. To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose
upon. [R.]
To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.
Sir IV. Scott.
Gue (?), n. A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar.
Gue"ber Gue"bre (?), n. Same as Gheber.
Guel"der*rose' (?), n. [Supposed to be brought from Guelderland; hence,
D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose, F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose
di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de Gueldres.] (Bot.) A cultivated variety of a
species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white
flowers; -- called also snowball tree.
{ Guelph, Guelf } (gwlf), n. [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a
German family.] (Hist.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the
12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the
pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.
{ Guelph"ic, Guelf"ic } (?), a. Of or pertaining to the family or the
faction of the Guelphs.
||Guenon" (?), n. [F.] (Zoˆl.) One of several long-tailed Oriental
||monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet.
||Gue`parde" (?), n. [Cf. F. guÈpard.] (Zoˆl.) The cheetah.
Guer"don (?), n. [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by
L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarln; widar again, against
(G. wider wieder) + ln reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. le·n Goth. laun.
See Withers.] A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good
and a bad sense. Macaulay.
So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a
glorious lot.
Byron.
He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon
of all his former villainies.
Knolles.
Guer"don (?), v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n.] To
give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.]
Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence.
Tennyson.
Guer"don*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. guerredonable.] Worthy of reward. Sir
G. Buck.
Guer"don*less, a. Without reward or guerdon.
Gue*re"za (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus
guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white
hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail.
The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.
Gue*ril"la (?), a. See Guerrilla.
Guer"ite (?), n. [F. guÈrite.] (Fort.) A projecting turret for a
sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of
bastions.
Guern"sey lil"y (?). (Bot.) A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis)
with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.
Guer*ril"la (?), n. [Sp., lit., a little war, skirmish, dim. of guerra
war, fr. OHG. werra discord, strife. See War.] 1. An irregular mode of
carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted
in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war.
2. One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare;
especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory
excursions in war time.
The term guerrilla is the diminutive of the Spanish word guerra, war,
and means petty war, that is, war carried on by detached parties;
generally in the mountains. . . . A guerrilla party means, an irregular
band of armed men, carrying on an irregular war, not being able,
according to their character as a guerrilla party, to carry on what the
law terms a regular war. F. Lieder.
Guer*ril"la, a. Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on
irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla
warfare.
Guess (gs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guessing.]
[OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf.
Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally,
to try to get, and akin to E. get. See Get.] 1. To form an opinion
concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at
random; to conjecture.
First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess.
Pope.
2. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem
preponderating, but are not decisive.
We may then guess how far it was from his design.
Milton.
Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress, To be Taxallan
enemies I guess.
Dryden.
3. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who
guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.