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Definition of Guises

Guise
Guise Guise, n. [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. w[=i]sa, G. weise. See Wise, n.] 1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. --Chaucer. The swain replied, ``It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.' --Pope. 2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. As then the guise was for each gentle swain. --Spenser. A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination. --Burke. 3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

Meaning of Guises from wikipedia

- family of Guise, Dukes of Guise, who later became Princes of Joinville. The remains of the medieval castle of Guise, the seat of the Dukes of Guise, is within...
- The House of Guise (/ɡwiːz/ GWEEZ, French: [ɡ(ɥ)iz]; Dutch: Wieze; German: Wiese) was a prominent French noble family that was involved heavily in the...
- Look up guising or guiser in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guising, guizing, a guiser or guizer may refer to: Guising, a Scottish and Irish tradition...
- Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as...
- and the power of the Guises was supreme. The discourse which Coligny, leader of the Huguenots, pronounced against les Guises in the ****embly of Notables...
- today. d.1644 References UK Census (2011). "Local Area ReportAspley Guises civil parish (E04011926)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved...
- Guise is a surname possibly derived from the Guise baronets of England or from Guise, a commune in France. Notable people with the name include: Anthony...
- "Guise Will Be Guise" is the 6th episode of the second season of the American television series Angel. Written by Jane Espenson and directed by Krishna...
- Cardinal of Guise can refer to these members of the French ducal family de Guise who became cardinals: Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (1527-1578), Bishop...
- varieties are the same person and that these are guises; this is where the technique gets its name: matched guise. v) there is total control over the variable...