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▪ I. guise, n.|gaɪz| Forms: 3–6 gise, 3–7 guyse, 4–8 gyse, 5–6 gys, 6 geyse, gyze, Sc. gyis(s, gyss, 6–7 guize, 4– guise. [a. OF. and F. guise, = Pr., It. guisa, of Teut. origin; cf. OHG. wîsa (G. weise), OE. wîse wise n.] †1. Manner, method, way; fashion, style. Rarely pl. Obs.
13..K. Alis. 6988 Tho thou myghtest, in mony gyse, Y-seo solas and game arise. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1572 Þat may be knawen bi sere gyse. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 186 Many newe gises of pride and worldly vanyte. c1400Rom. Rose 4292 She knew ech wrenche and every gyse Of love. c1420Pallad. on Husb. ii. 68 To wede ek cornys drie, is no good gise. 1456How Wise Man taught Son 143 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 175 Louys awe ys the best gyse, My sone, to make thy wyfe aferde. 1513Douglas æneis i. Prol. 156 The thre first bukis he [Caxton] hes ourhippit quyte, Salfand ane litle twiching Polidorus,..And that full sympillie on his awin gyse. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §35 In some countreys..they do fan theyr corne, the whiche is a verye good gise. 1568Hist. Jacob & Esau v. x. G iij, Jacob must be aduanced in any wyse; But I shall one day handle him of the new guise. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. x. 6 On stately pillours fram'd after the Doricke guize. 1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 258 Follow not the guises of this sinful world. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 37 A military roughnes, resembling most of the Lacedæmonian guise. 1670Eachard Cont. Clergy 28 Thinking, that whatsoever is written..must be beyond the guise of common speech. 1714Gay Sheph. Week Proeme, No poet..hath hit on the right simple Eclogue after the true ancient guise of Theocritus. 1728Morgan Algiers I. Pref. 24 The Introduction or Epitome of the Country I treat of is..in no guise what I first intended. 1765H. Walpole Otranto v. (1798) 80 He began in artful guise to sound the Marquis. 1782Cowper Gilpin xliii, And thus unto the Calender In merry guise he spoke. b. With mixture of sense 5.
1820Byron Mar. Fal. i. ii. 163 Sneering nobles, in more polish'd guise, Whisper'd the tale. 1864Social Sci. Rev. 266 To learn in how varied a guise, shell and shot..do their work. †2. Appointed, usual, or characteristic manner; custom, habit, practice; the ‘ways’ (of a country). Obs. Very common in the 16th and first half of the 17th c.
13..Seuyn Sag. (W.) 246 Thai weren wedded bi commun dome, Anon in the gise of Rome. c1400Sowdone Bab. 1932 ‘Sir’ she saide, ‘drinke to me, As the Gyse is of my londe.’ c1440Generydes 2974 As the Costom was, after ther gise, They beryed hym in honorabill wise. 1494Househ. Ord. (1790) 112 As for the voyde after meate the guise hath been thus. 1513Douglas æneis v. ii. 71 Eftir thair payane ryte and gise. 1528Sir F. Bryan Let to Hen. VIII in Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) I. 138 He knew the gyze of England as well as few men did. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 18 As is the gise of the gentil lioun. 1578Timme Calvin on Gen. 26 As is the guise of rash and fickle headed men. a1592H. Smith Serm. (1637) 557 This hath been alwayes the guise of the wicked, to use the smoothest speech when they intend most mischiefe. a1605Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxviii. 11 All such rites as wes the guyse, They made that grit god sacrifyce. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. xiv. 168 The Apostles and Martyrs highly complemented according to the ancient guize of the Pagan Ceremonies. 1725Pope Odyss. xiv. 65 It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise. †3. Manner of carrying oneself; behaviour, carriage, conduct, course of life. Obs.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3329 Shal grace come neuere yn þat lande Þere men haue swyche gyse yn hande. c1315Shoreham 52 Wanne he [the prest] y-ordred hys, Hym falth an holy gyse. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 158 Suche byth the vyse manys gyse and his maneris. c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 118 Thou hast begownne a synfulle gyse. a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 1251 It were no gentle gyse This treatyse to despyse. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) Q ij, Thou art a foole to look after that I should name thee for a wife, when thou usest not wives guise. 1549–62Sternhold & H. Ps. xxxvii. 8 Their wicked steps avoyd and flie, and follow not their guise. a1639W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxxi. (1640) 119 See here the guise of a carnall earthly-minded man. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 576 By thir guise Just men they seemd. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (Bannatyne Club) II. 260 This goukit gys wes begun be our baillie to schow his love to the good caus. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake 229 That morning found rough Tushilaw In all the father's guise appear. 4. Style or fashion of attire or personal adornment; condition with regard to dress; attire, costume, garb. Now only arch. in phrases such as in the guise of{ddd}, in lowly (festive, etc.), guise. † new guise (advb. phr.): in the new fashion.
c1275Lay. 19641 Six cnihtes..in pore men guyse. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3215 Þey..leue crystyn mennys acyse And haunte alle þe newe gyse. 13..Coer de L. 593 All in palmeres gyse the Holy land for to devyse. c1440Generydes 5272 He mett in his viage A pore palmer, goth in sympill gise. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 29 Faire doughtres, y praie you that ye be not the furst to take new shappes and gises of array. c1450Merlin xxiii. 420 Theire heer longe waxen, in gise of maydenes and tressed at theire bakkes. a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 74 With clothes vpon her hed..Wrythen in wonder wyse, After the Sarasyns gyse. a1555Lyndesay Tragedy 359 Ane Tailȝeour quhilk hes fosterit bene in france, That can mak garmentis on the gayest gyse. 1583Greene Mamillia ii. (1593) H, Vp fro the wast like a man, new guise to be casde in a dublet. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 15 When men or women weare strange fashions and guises. 1682Bunyan Holy War 8 To..sit down against Mansoul, in their now ragged and beggarly guise. 1726Gay Butterfly & Snail 32 In base, in sordid guise array'd. 1822Byron Werner iii. i 231 Thou know me? in this guise Thou canst not know me. 1878M. A. Brown Nadeschda 17 The joyous prince will fall to us, Therefore all appear in festive guise. ¶b. concr. Apparel, clothes. rare.
1796–7Coleridge Raven 24 Soon came a woodman in leathern guise. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 350 She watched his men do on their riding guise. 5. External appearance, aspect, semblance.
1340Ayenb. 158 He comþ ine gyse of angle and sseweþ þet guod uor to draȝe to kueade. 1390Gower Conf. I. 133 Anone his olde guise chaunge He woll. c1450Merlin xxi. 377 Ye shull se me..in so many gises that I will not be knowe of no man. a1533Ld. Berners Huon xxxv. 111 Thou trauesyd y⊇ grete waues in gyse of a meruelous beest. a1698Temple Health & Long Life Wks. 1720 I. 283 Both [diseases] were thought to appear in many various Guises. 1781Cowper Expost. 87 He..In form a man, in dignity a God, Came, not expected in that humble guise. 1833N. Arnott Physics (ed. 5) II. 138 Calling forth the hidden spirit of combustion in some new or less familiar guise. 1847Emerson Poems (1857) 25 In the parlor sits Some figure of noble guise. 1870M. Conway Earthw. Pilgr. xxiii. 271 Old carvings represent a fox in the guise of a priest preaching to a flock of geese. 1891Smiles J. Murray I. iii. 69 Mr. Murray grew more particular as to the guise of the books which he issued. b. fig. and in immaterial sense.
a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 II. 23 The Gospel cometh under trial in a guise no-wise plausible or advantageous to human conceit. 1708Swift Sent. Ch. Eng.-Man Misc. (1711) 121 Some, who under the Guise of Religion, Sacrificed so many Thousand Lives to their own Ambition. 1773Mrs. Chapone Improv. Mind (1774) I. 109 He will put on the guise of benevolence. 1818M. W. Shelley Frankenst. xvii. (1865) 211, I clothed my desires under the guise of wishing to travel. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. i. I. 20 Blessings in the guise of disasters. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. vii. 91 He was able to interfere in English affairs in the guise of a deliverer. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. ii. 28 A large armament was almost ready to sail..under the guise of a..merely mercantile enterprise. 1894Hall Caine Manxman vi. iii. 364 An evil thought in the guise of a pious one took possession of Philip. c. In bad sense: Assumed appearance, pretence.
1662R. Mathew Unl. Alch. xxi. 13 A bold Woman came to me without any guise or colour, and told me plainly how it was with him. 1731Gentl. Mag. I. 373 Plausibleness and Guises are inseparable from Courts. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. iv. (1867) 97 In the enigma..there is given, under a guise, some special mark which [etc.]. 1895Presbyterian (Sydney) 14 Sept. 5/1 (Suppl.), A miserably weak and cowardly guise to hide their real intentions. †6. Sc. A disguise, a mask. Also, a dance or performance in disguises or masks; a masquerade, a show. Also in phrase to turn the guise: to change the parts in a play. lit. and fig. Obs.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxvi. 10 He bad gallandis ga graith a gyiss. Ibid. 26 Heilie harlottis on hawtane wyiss Come in with mony sindrie gyiss. 1580J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 81 The gentilmen of the countrey about haid a gyse and farce to play before the King. a1605Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 50 Blaide, blecke thee, to bring in a gyse. 1629Sir W. Mure Trve Crvcifixe 449 Dumbe Doctors..did devise, Guyses to gaze on, showes men's soules to feed. 1712–26Gideon Guthrie (1900) 11 Finding the gyse turned, the Lords of the Congregation prevailing, and the laws upon their syd. 1787A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 109 It's in your power, my Bess, to turn the guise. 1801Beattie Parings (1873) 27 (E.D.D.), I'll shortly gar you turn the guize. 7. Comb., as guise-dancer dial. = guiser.
1846‘J. Trenoodle’ Spec. Dial. 53 (E.D.D.), And tould us how a giz-daunce was to door. 1893Q. [Couch] Delectable Duchy 339 When the mummers, guise-dancers, and darkey-parties were dressing up. ▪ II. guise, v.|gaɪz| Also 4–5 gyse, 6 guize, gys. [f. guise n.] 1. trans. To attire, attire fantastically; dress, equip, ‘get up’. Also in immaterial sense. arch.
a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 92 Þan þou gysed the gerne, and gafe þe to goo Tyll Ephesyne. c1430Syr Tryam. 660 When they harde of these tythandys, They gysed them fulle gay. 1618Sir W. Mure Dido & Aeneas ii. 417 His curled head with Phrygian mytre guised. 1796T. Townshend Poems 20 Guised just like her true love swain. 1821J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Wallace xix. 12 In that deceitful seeming guised. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ix. 220 Bands of children guised as Holy Innocents. 1882Society 16 Dec. 5/2 The pawns..will be guised as choristers. †b. To prepare, get up (an eatable). Obs.
1604Parson 3rd Pt. Three Convers. Eng. 143 The same Coleworts sodden againe, but guised after another fashion. †c. To shape, assimilate to (such or such a guise). Obs. rare—1.
1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. i. Vocation 192 To guise our selves (like counterfeiting Ape) To th' guise of Men that are but Men in shape. 2. To disguise. Obs. exc. dial.
a1510Douglas K. Hart ii. 70 Len me thy cloke, to gys me for ane quhyle. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., A man of notoriously dirty appearance asked his wife, ‘Hoo mun a gize mesel?’ ‘Wesh thee fyess’, was the prompt reply. 3. intr. To go about in disguise, or in masquerade dress. Chiefly Sc. and north.
1876Mid-Yorksh. Gloss., Guise, to masquerade. 1884Gd. Words Nov. 747/1 The youths of Lerwick, attired in fantastic dresses, go ‘guising’ about the towns. 1891N. & Q. XI. 82 [The phrase] is not an appropriate one in the mouth of the Duke when he is guising as a monk. Hence guised ppl. a.
1662Greenhalgh in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 10 Hooded, guized, veiled Jews, and my own plain bare self amongst them. a1851J. Baillie (Ogilvie), Then like a guised band, that for a while Has mimick'd forth a sad and gloomy tale. |