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Webster 1913 Edition


Guide

Guide

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Guided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Guiding
.]
[OE.
guiden
,
gyden
, F.
guiaer
, It.
guidare
; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth.
ritan
to watch over, give heed to, Icel.
viti
signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to indicate, point to, and hence, to show the way. Cf.
Wit
,
Guy
a rope,
Gye.
]
1.
To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot;
as, to
guide
a traveler
.
I wish . . . you ’ld
guide
me to your sovereign's court.
Shakespeare
2.
To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.
He will
guide
his affairs with discretion.
Ps. cxii. 5.
The meek will he guide in judgment.
Ps. xxv. 9.

Guide

,
Noun.
[OE.
giae
, F.
guide
, It.
guida
. See
Guide
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.
2.
One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator.
He will be our
guide
, even unto death.
Ps. xlviii. 14.
3.
Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator
; as:
(a)
(Water Wheels)
A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.
(b)
(Surgery)
A grooved director for a probe or knife.
(c)
(Printing)
A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.
4.
(Mil.)
A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics.
Farrow.
Guide bar
(Mach.)
,
the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; – called also
guide
, and
slide bar
.
Guide block
(Steam Engine)
,
a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar.
Guide meridian
.
(Surveying)
See under
Meridian
.
Guide pile
(Engin.)
,
a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to.
Guide pulley
(Mach.)
,
a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler.
Knight.
Guide rail
(Railroads)
,
an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.

Webster 1828 Edition


Guide

GUIDE

,
Verb.
T.
gide.
1.
To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; as, to guide an enemy or a traveler, who is not acquainted with the road or course.
The meek will he guide in judgment. Ps.25.
2.
To direct; to order.
He will guide his affairs with discretion. Ps.112,
3.
To influence; to give direction to. Men are guided by their interest, or supposed interest.
4.
To instruct and direct. Let parents guide their children to virtue, dignity and happiness.
5.
To direct; to regulate and manage; to superintend.
I will that the younger women marry, bear children, and guide the house. 1 Tim.5.

GUIDE

, n.
1.
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course; a conductor. The army followed the guide. The traveler may be deceived by his guide.
2.
One who directs another in his conduct or course of life.
He will be our guide, even unto death. Ps.48.
3.
A director; a regulator; that which leads or conducts. Experience is one of our best guides.

Definition 2024


guidé

guidé

See also: guide

French

Verb

guidé m (feminine singular guidée, masculine plural guidés, feminine plural guidées)

  1. past participle of guider

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