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ˈguess-work
[f. guess n.]
Procedure consisting in or based on guessing, as opposed to knowledge, reasoning, or methodical investigation.
1725N. Robinson Th. Physick 238 To believe, there is no Certainty in the Principles of Physick, and that all Practice is mere Guess-work and Empiricism. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 322 It were mere guess-work to say what was their belief of the gods and a future state. 1818Byron Ep. Murray iii, The pompous rascallion, Who don't speak Italian Nor French, must have scribbled by guesswork. 1846Grote Greece i. xvi. I. 585 The one process as well as the other was interpretative guesswork. 1879L. Campbell Sophocles I. Pref. 29 A piece of more or less clumsy guess⁓work on the part of the scribe. 1889‘Rolf Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xx, We had been riding all night from track to track, sometimes steering by guesswork. |