3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

Guis"er (?), n. [From Guise.] A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Gui*tar" (?), n. [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg. guitarra, It.

chitarra; all fr. Gr. &?;; cf. L. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.] A

stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but

larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire,

and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers.

Guit"guit` (?), n. [So called from its note.] (Zoˆl.) One of several

species of small tropical American birds of the family CúrebidÊ, allied

to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.

||Gu"la (?), n.; pl. L. Gul∆ (#), E. Gulas (#). [L., the throat,

||gullet.] 1. (Zoˆl.) (a) The upper front of the neck, next to the

||chin; the upper throat. (b) A plate which in most insects supports

||the submentum.

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