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guiser Chiefly Sc. and north.|ˈgaɪzə(r)|
Forms: 5 gyser, 5, 8 gysar, 6 gysour, 9 guisar, -or, guizer, guyser, guiser.
[f. guise v. + -er1.]
One who guises (see guise v. 3); a masquerader, a mummer. (Cf. guisard, geezer.)
1488Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1877) I. 93 Item, in Lannerik, to dansaris and gysaris, xxxvis. 1572Satir. Poems Reform. xxxviii. 14 For gysours, deuysours, the Guysianis ar gude. a1586Sir R. Maitland in Pinkerton M. Poems (1786) 298, I saw no gysars all this yeir, Bot—kirkmen cled lyk men of weir. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 309 Those who thus go a-masking on New Year's eve..are called..guizers. 1880T. Hardy Ret. Native 124 The guisers themselves..could not afford to offend those by whose assistance they so largely profited.
Hence ˈguiser v. intr., to act as a mummer, to go masquerading; cf. guisard v.
1907D. H. Lawrence in Notts. Guardian 7 Dec. 17/2 Hey, we're going to the Mill guysering. 1932J. M. E. Saxby Trad. Lore 77 On Hallowe'en the Grüliks went a-guisaring. |