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ˈguestwise, n. and adv.
[f. guest n. + -wise.]
†A. n. in, on, a guestwise: as a guest. Obs.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Acts vii. 1–5 Ouer broughte he him in gestwyse and as a straunger. 1561–6Child Marriages 43 Was never at Hatton but for a night or two in a year on gestwise. 1563Golding Cæsar (1565) 241 Familiaritye that had bene privatly betwene them, by reason of resortinge a guestwyse one to another. 1641Brome Joviall Crew iv. i. Wks. 1873 III. 413 As a Friend or stranger, in Guest-wise, you are welcome to it.
B. adv. After the manner of a guest or stranger.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. ii. 171 My heart to her, but as guest-wise soiourn'd, And now to Helen it is home return'd, There to remaine. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 359 Being entertained guest-wise by Sir Walter Clifford. 1642T. Lechford Plain Dealing (1867) 119 He is a Sachem, whose wife hath her cleane spoons in a chest, for some chief English men, when they come guest wise to the wigwam. a1714M. Henry Wks. (ed. Fullarton) II. 722 If he will please to come guestwise..he shall be welcome. |