guisen.

Brit.

/ɡʌɪz/, U.S.

/ɡaɪz/, Scottish English

/ɡaɪz/

Forms: Middle English–1500s gise, Middle English–1600s guyse, Middle English–1700s gyse, Middle English–1500s gys, 1500s geyse, gyze, Scottish gyis(s, gyss, 1500s–1600s guize, Middle English– guise.

Etymology: < Old French and French guise, = Provençal guiza , Italian guisa , of Germanic origin; compare Old High German wîsa (German weise ), Old English wîse wise n.¹

†1.

a. Manner, method, way; fashion, style. Rarely plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun]

wayeOE

costOE

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custc1275

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guise13..

mannerc1300

kindc1330

assizea1375

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makea1400

fashionc1400

reason?c1400

method1526

voye1541

how1551

way1563

garb1600

quality1600

mould1603

quomodo1623

modus1648

mode1649

turn1825

road1855

gait1866

methodology1932

stylee1982

13.. K. Alis. 6988 Tho thou myghtest, in mony gyse, Y-seo solas and game arise.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1572 Þat may be knawen bi sere gyse.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 186 Many newe gises of pride and worldly vanyte.

c1400 Rom. Rose 4292 She knew ech wrenche and every gyse Of love.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 68 To wede ek cornys drie, is no good gise.

1456 How Wise Man taught Son 143 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 175 Louys awe ys the best gyse, My sone, to make thy wyfe aferde.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid 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.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xix In some countreis..they do fan their corne, the which is a very good gyse.

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau v. x. sig. G.iij Iacob must be aduaunced in any wyse: But I shall one day handle him of the new guise.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. I6^v On stately pillours, fram'd after the Doricke guize .

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 258 Follow not the guises of this sinful world.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 6 A military roughnes, resembling most of the Lacedæmonian guise.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 28 Thinking, that whatsoever is written..must be beyond the guise of common speech.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week Proeme sig. A4 No poet..hath hit on the right simple Eclogue after the true ancient guise of Theocritus.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xxiv The Introduction, or Epitome of the Country I treat of..is..in no guise what I first intended.

1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) v. 80 He began in artful guise to sound the Marquis.

1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin xliii And thus unto the Calender In merry guise he spoke.

b. With mixture of sense 5.

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1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 15 Sneering nobles, in more polish'd guise, Whisper'd the tale.

1864 Social 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). Obsolete. Very common in the 16th and first half of the 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun]

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wise971

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urec1425

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group

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a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 246 Thai weren wedded bi commun dome, Anon in the gise of Rome.

c1440 Generydes 2974 As the Costom was, after ther gise, They beryed hym in honorabill wise.

c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 1932 ‘Sir’ she saide, ‘drinke to me, As the Gyse is of my londe.’

in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 112 As for the voyde after meate the guise hath been thus.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ii. 71 Eftir thair payane ryte and gise.

1528 Sir F. Bryan Let to Hen. VIII in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) I. 138 He knew the gyze of England as well as few men did.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. vii. f. 6^v/1 As is the gise of the gentyll lyoun.

1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 26 As is the guise of rash and fickle headed men.

a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 557 This hath been alwayes the guise of the wicked, to use the smoothest speech when they intend most mischiefe.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxviii. 11 All such rites as wes the guyse, They made that grit god sacrifyce.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xiv. 168 The Apostles and Martyrs highly complemented according to the ancient guize of the Pagan Ceremonies.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 65 It never was our guise To slight the poor, or ought humane despise.

†3. Manner of carrying oneself; behaviour, carriage, conduct, course of life. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun]

tightc888

workOE

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daddyism1984

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3329 Shal grace come neuere yn þat lande Þere men haue swyche gyse yn hande.

c1315 Shoreham 52 Wanne he [the prest] y-ordred hys, Hym falth an holy gyse.

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 118 Thou hast begownne a synfulle gyse.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 158 Suche byth the vyse manys gyse and his maneris.

a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. D.v It were no gentle gyse This treatyse to despyse.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. iv. sig. a.iij Thou arte a foole to loke after, that I shulde name the for a wyfe, whan thou vseste no wyues gyse.

1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxxvii. 8 Their wicked steps avoyd and flie, and follow not their guise.

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxxi. 119 See here the guise of a carnall earthly-minded man.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 401 This govkit gyss wes begvn be oure bally to schow his love to the good causs.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 576 By thir guise Just men they seemd.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake iii. xiv. 241 That morning found rough Tushilaw In all the father's guise appear.

a. Style or fashion of attire or personal adornment; condition with regard to dress; attire, costume, garb. Now only archaic in phrases such as in the guise of …, in lowly (festive, etc.), guise. †new guise (adverbial phr.): in the new fashion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun]

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guisec1275

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c1275 Laȝamon Brut 19641 Six cnihtes..in pore men guyse.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3215 Þey..leue crystyn mennys acyse And haunte alle þe newe gyse.

a1400 Coer de L. 593 All in palmeres gyse the Holy land for to devyse.

c1440 Generydes 5272 He mett in his viage A pore palmer, goth in sympill gise.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 29 Faire doughtres, y praie you that ye be not the furst to take new shappes and gises of array.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxiii. 420 Theire heer longe waxen, in gise of maydenes and tressed at theire bakkes.

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 74 With clothes vpon her hed..Wrythen in wonder wyse, After the Sarasyns gyse.

a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Svii^v Ane Tailȝeour, quhilk hes fosterit bene in france, That can mak garmentis, on the gayest gyse.

a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. H Vp fro the wast like a man, new guise to be casde in a dublet.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 15 When men or women weare strange fashions and guises.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 8 To..sit down against Mansoul, in their now ragged, and beggarly guise .

1726 J. Gay Butterfly & Snail 32 In base, in sordid guise array'd.

1822 Ld. Byron Werner iii. i 231 Thou know me? in this guise Thou canst not know me.

1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 17 The joyous prince will fall to us, Therefore all appear in festive guise.

b. concrete. Apparel, clothes. rare.

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1796–7 S. T. Coleridge Raven 24 Soon came a woodman in leathern guise.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 350 She watched his men do on their riding guise.

a. External appearance, aspect, semblance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

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personnel1839

personal appearance1842

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outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 158 He comþ ine gyse of angle and sseweþ þet guod uor to draȝe to kueade.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 133 Anone his olde guise chaunge He woll.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 377 Ye shull se me..in so many gises that I will not be knowe of no man.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxv. 111 Thou trauesyd y^e grete waues in gyse of a meruelous beest.

a1699 W. Temple Ess. Health & Long Life in Wks. (1720) I. 283 Both [diseases] were thought to appear in many various Guises.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 87 He..In form a man, in dignity a God, Came, not expected in that humble guise.

1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 138 Calling forth the hidden spirit of combustion in some new or less familiar guise.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 22 In the parlour sits Some figure of noble guise.

1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xxiii. 271 Old carvings represent a fox in the guise of a priest preaching to a flock of geese.

1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends I. iii. 69 Mr. Murray grew more particular as to the guise of the books which he issued.

b. figurative and in immaterial sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]

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Japan1856

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candy coating1885

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window dressing1903

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 29 The Gospel cometh under trial in a guise no-wise plausible or advantagious to humane conceit.

1711 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man i, in Misc. Prose & Verse 120 Some, who under the Guise of Religion Sacrificed so many Thousand Lives to their own Ambition.

1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind I. 109 He will put on the guise of benevolence.

1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. i. 8 I clothed my desires under the guise of wishing to travel.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 20 Blessings in the guise of disasters.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 91 He was able to interfere in English affairs in the guise of a deliverer.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. ii. 28 A large armament was almost ready to sail..under the guise of a..merely mercantile enterprise.

1894 H. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]

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representation1805

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make-believing1867

postiche1876

kid-stakes1916

smoke and mirrors1980

1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) xxi. 13 A bold Woman came to me without any guise or colour, and told me plainly how it was with him.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 373 Plausibleness and Guises are inseparable from Courts.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iv. 97 In the enigma..there is given, under a guise, some special mark which [etc.].

1895 Presbyterian (Sydney) 14 Sept. (Suppl.) 5/1 A miserably weak and cowardly guise to hide their real intentions.

†6. Scottish. 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. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 149 He bad gallandis ga graith a gyis.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 149 Heilie harlottis on hawtane wyis Come in with mony sindrie gyis.

a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 50 Blaide, blecke thee, to bring in a gyse.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 81 The gentilmen of the countrey about haid a gyse and farce to play before the King.

1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 449 Dumbe Doctors..did devise, Guyses to gaze on, showes men's soules to feed.

1712–26 Gideon Guthrie (1900) 11 Finding the gyse turned, the Lords of the Congregation prevailing, and the laws upon their syd.

1787 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 109 It's in your power, my Bess, to turn the guise.

1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 36 I'll shortly gar you turn the guize.

Compounds

guise-dancer n. dialect = guiser n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer

mummera1456

disguiser1481

guiser1488

guisard1626

guise-dancer1846

1846 ‘J. Treenoodle’ Specimens Cornish Provinc. Dial. 53 And tould us how a giz-daunce was to door.

1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 339 When the mummers, guise-dancers, and darkey-parties were dressing up.

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guisev.

Brit.

/ɡʌɪz/, U.S.

/ɡaɪz/, Scottish English

/ɡaɪz/

Forms: Also Middle English gyse, 1500s guize, gys.

Etymology: < guise n.

a. transitive. To attire, attire fantastically; dress, equip, ‘get up’. Also in immaterial sense. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > dress up or dress elaborately

disguisec1325

quaintisea1333

guisea1400

to dress up?a1513

deck?1521

garnisha1535

trim1594

gallant1614

sprug1622

dizena1625

to dress out1649

bedizen1661

rig1723

trim1756

bedress1821

gaudy1838

buck up1854

garb1868

clobber1887

mum1890

to do up1897

dude1899

toff1914

lair1941

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 92 Þan þou gysed the gerne, and gafe þe to goo Tyll Ephesyne.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 660 When þey harde of these tythandys, They gysed them full gay.

1618 W. Mure Dido & Æneas ii. 417 His curled head with Phrygian mytre guised.

1796 T. Townshend Poems 20 Guised just like her true love swain.

1821 J. Baillie W. Wallace in Metrical Legends xix. 12 In that deceitful seeming guised.

1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers III. ix. 220 Bands of children guised as Holy Innocents.

1882 Society 16 Dec. 5/2 The pawns..will be guised as choristers.

†b. To prepare, get up (an eatable). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > prepare food [verb (transitive)]

makeOE

dightc1320

dressa1325

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prepare1490

guise1604

catea1617

trick1824

fix1839

get1873

nap1961

1604 R. Parsons Relation Triall before King of France 143 The same Coleworts sodden againe, but guised after another fashion.

†c. To shape, assimilate to (such or such a guise). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)]

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likena1382

figure1393

compare1447

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comparate?a1475

assemble1483

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consimilate1716

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 7 To guise our selves (like counterfaiting Ape) To th' guise of Men that are but Men in shape.

2. To disguise. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)]

beclout?c1225

disguisea1375

veilc1384

dissimule1485

counterfeit1490

dissemble?1507

guisea1510

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discountenance1574

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belie1610

dislikena1616

obvolve1623

transvest1649

travesty1665

mask1847

camouflage1917

a1510 G. Douglas King Hart ii. 70 Len me thy cloke, to gys me for ane quhyle.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words A man of notoriously dirty appearance asked his wife, ‘Hoo mun a gize mesel?’ ‘Wesh thee fyess’, was the prompt reply.

3. intransitive. To go about in disguise, or in masquerade dress. Chiefly Scottish and northern.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > masque > [verb (intransitive)]

guise1876

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Guise, to masquerade.

1884 Good Words Nov. 747/1 The youths of Lerwick, attired in fantastic dresses, go ‘guising’ about the towns.

1891 Notes & Queries XI. 82 [The phrase] is not an appropriate one in the mouth of the Duke when he is guising as a monk.

Derivatives

guised adj.

ΚΠ

1662 J. Greenhalgh Let. 22 Apr. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 10 Hooded, guized, veiled Jews, and my own plain bare self amongst them.

a1851 J. Baillie Ethwald iv. iii. 117 in Wks. (1851) 187 Then like a guised band, that for awhile Has mimick'd forth a sad and gloomy tale.

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单词	guise
释义	guisen. Brit. /ɡʌɪz/, U.S. /ɡaɪz/, Scottish English /ɡaɪz/ Forms: Middle English–1500s gise, Middle English–1600s guyse, Middle English–1700s gyse, Middle English–1500s gys, 1500s geyse, gyze, Scottish gyis(s, gyss, 1500s–1600s guize, Middle English– guise. Etymology: < Old French and French guise, = Provençal guiza , Italian guisa , of Germanic origin; compare Old High German wîsa (German weise ), Old English wîse wise n.¹ †1. a. Manner, method, way; fashion, style. Rarely plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] wayeOE costOE wise971 gatec1175 custc1275 form1297 guise13.. mannerc1300 kindc1330 assizea1375 plighta1393 makea1400 fashionc1400 reason?c1400 method1526 voye1541 how1551 way1563 garb1600 quality1600 mould1603 quomodo1623 modus1648 mode1649 turn1825 road1855 gait1866 methodology1932 stylee1982 13.. K. Alis. 6988 Tho thou myghtest, in mony gyse, Y-seo solas and game arise. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1572 Þat may be knawen bi sere gyse. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 186 Many newe gises of pride and worldly vanyte. c1400 Rom. Rose 4292 She knew ech wrenche and every gyse Of love. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 68 To wede ek cornys drie, is no good gise. 1456 How Wise Man taught Son 143 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 175 Louys awe ys the best gyse, My sone, to make thy wyfe aferde. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid 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. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xix In some countreis..they do fan their corne, the which is a very good gyse. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau v. x. sig. G.iij Iacob must be aduaunced in any wyse: But I shall one day handle him of the new guise. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. I6^v On stately pillours, fram'd after the Doricke guize . View more context for this quotation 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 258 Follow not the guises of this sinful world. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 6 A military roughnes, resembling most of the Lacedæmonian guise. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 28 Thinking, that whatsoever is written..must be beyond the guise of common speech. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week Proeme sig. A4 No poet..hath hit on the right simple Eclogue after the true ancient guise of Theocritus. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xxiv The Introduction, or Epitome of the Country I treat of..is..in no guise what I first intended. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) v. 80 He began in artful guise to sound the Marquis. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin xliii And thus unto the Calender In merry guise he spoke. b. With mixture of sense 5. ΚΠ 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 15 Sneering nobles, in more polish'd guise, Whisper'd the tale. 1864 Social 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). Obsolete. Very common in the 16th and first half of the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] i-wunec888 wise971 gatec1175 lawc1175 manners?c1225 wone?c1225 usec1325 hauntc1330 use1340 rotec1350 consuetude1382 customancea1393 usancea1393 practicc1395 guisea1400 usagea1400 wonta1400 spacec1400 accustomancec1405 customheada1425 urec1425 wontsomenessc1425 accustomc1440 wonningc1440 practice1502 habitudec1598 habiture1598 habit1605 wonting1665 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group i-wunec888 thewc893 wise971 law of (the) landc1175 customa1200 wonec1200 tidingc1275 orderc1300 usancea1325 usagec1330 usea1393 guisea1400 spacec1400 stylec1430 rite1467 fashion1490 frequentation1525 institution1551 tradition1597 mode1642 shibboleth1804 dastur1888 praxis1892 a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 246 Thai weren wedded bi commun dome, Anon in the gise of Rome. c1440 Generydes 2974 As the Costom was, after ther gise, They beryed hym in honorabill wise. c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 1932 ‘Sir’ she saide, ‘drinke to me, As the Gyse is of my londe.’ in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 112 As for the voyde after meate the guise hath been thus. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ii. 71 Eftir thair payane ryte and gise. 1528 Sir F. Bryan Let to Hen. VIII in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) I. 138 He knew the gyze of England as well as few men did. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. vii. f. 6^v/1 As is the gise of the gentyll lyoun. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 26 As is the guise of rash and fickle headed men. a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 557 This hath been alwayes the guise of the wicked, to use the smoothest speech when they intend most mischiefe. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxviii. 11 All such rites as wes the guyse, They made that grit god sacrifyce. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xiv. 168 The Apostles and Martyrs highly complemented according to the ancient guize of the Pagan Ceremonies. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 65 It never was our guise To slight the poor, or ought humane despise. †3. Manner of carrying oneself; behaviour, carriage, conduct, course of life. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] tightc888 workOE laitsc1225 rule?c1225 guise1303 conditionsc1374 actiona1393 governancea1393 governailc1425 port?a1439 fashion1447 dressa1450 governinga1450 walkingc1450 abearing?1454 deport1474 behaving1482 dealing1484 guidinga1500 demeanoura1513 behaviour?1521 walk?1567 daps1582 courses1592 deportment1601 behave?1615 deportation1616 containment1619 conduct1673 haviour1752 daddyism1984 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3329 Shal grace come neuere yn þat lande Þere men haue swyche gyse yn hande. c1315 Shoreham 52 Wanne he [the prest] y-ordred hys, Hym falth an holy gyse. c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 118 Thou hast begownne a synfulle gyse. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 158 Suche byth the vyse manys gyse and his maneris. a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. D.v It were no gentle gyse This treatyse to despyse. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. iv. sig. a.iij Thou arte a foole to loke after, that I shulde name the for a wyfe, whan thou vseste no wyues gyse. 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxxvii. 8 Their wicked steps avoyd and flie, and follow not their guise. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxxi. 119 See here the guise of a carnall earthly-minded man. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 401 This govkit gyss wes begvn be oure bally to schow his love to the good causs. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 576 By thir guise Just men they seemd. View more context for this quotation 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake iii. xiv. 241 That morning found rough Tushilaw In all the father's guise appear. 4. a. Style or fashion of attire or personal adornment; condition with regard to dress; attire, costume, garb. Now only archaic in phrases such as in the guise of …, in lowly (festive, etc.), guise. †new guise (adverbial phr.): in the new fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] wearing?c1225 guisec1275 attire1382 habita1420 shapea1425 trick1542 fashion1544 trim1579 suit shape1598 garb1608 form1664 toilet1752 macaroni dressa1777 turn-out1812 style1814 set-out1834 get-up1842 rig1843 feather1854 model1859 make-up1883 c1275 Laȝamon Brut 19641 Six cnihtes..in pore men guyse. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3215 Þey..leue crystyn mennys acyse And haunte alle þe newe gyse. a1400 Coer de L. 593 All in palmeres gyse the Holy land for to devyse. c1440 Generydes 5272 He mett in his viage A pore palmer, goth in sympill gise. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 29 Faire doughtres, y praie you that ye be not the furst to take new shappes and gises of array. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxiii. 420 Theire heer longe waxen, in gise of maydenes and tressed at theire bakkes. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 74 With clothes vpon her hed..Wrythen in wonder wyse, After the Sarasyns gyse. a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Svii^v Ane Tailȝeour, quhilk hes fosterit bene in france, That can mak garmentis, on the gayest gyse. a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. H Vp fro the wast like a man, new guise to be casde in a dublet. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 15 When men or women weare strange fashions and guises. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 8 To..sit down against Mansoul, in their now ragged, and beggarly guise . View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Gay Butterfly & Snail 32 In base, in sordid guise array'd. 1822 Ld. Byron Werner iii. i 231 Thou know me? in this guise Thou canst not know me. 1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 17 The joyous prince will fall to us, Therefore all appear in festive guise. b. concrete. Apparel, clothes. rare. ΚΠ 1796–7 S. T. Coleridge Raven 24 Soon came a woodman in leathern guise. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 350 She watched his men do on their riding guise. 5. a. External appearance, aspect, semblance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 158 He comþ ine gyse of angle and sseweþ þet guod uor to draȝe to kueade. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 133 Anone his olde guise chaunge He woll. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 377 Ye shull se me..in so many gises that I will not be knowe of no man. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxv. 111 Thou trauesyd y^e grete waues in gyse of a meruelous beest. a1699 W. Temple Ess. Health & Long Life in Wks. (1720) I. 283 Both [diseases] were thought to appear in many various Guises. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 87 He..In form a man, in dignity a God, Came, not expected in that humble guise. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 138 Calling forth the hidden spirit of combustion in some new or less familiar guise. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 22 In the parlour sits Some figure of noble guise. 1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xxiii. 271 Old carvings represent a fox in the guise of a priest preaching to a flock of geese. 1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends I. iii. 69 Mr. Murray grew more particular as to the guise of the books which he issued. b. figurative and in immaterial sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 29 The Gospel cometh under trial in a guise no-wise plausible or advantagious to humane conceit. 1711 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man i, in Misc. Prose & Verse 120 Some, who under the Guise of Religion Sacrificed so many Thousand Lives to their own Ambition. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind I. 109 He will put on the guise of benevolence. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. i. 8 I clothed my desires under the guise of wishing to travel. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 20 Blessings in the guise of disasters. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 91 He was able to interfere in English affairs in the guise of a deliverer. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. ii. 28 A large armament was almost ready to sail..under the guise of a..merely mercantile enterprise. 1894 H. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] foxingc1220 feignc1320 faintise1340 simulation1340 dissimulingc1374 likenessc1384 dissimulationc1386 coverture1393 dissemblationc1425 assimulationa1450 dissemblec1480 fiction1483 dissemblinga1500 irony1502 dissimulance1508 dissembly?c1550 blindation1588 counterfeisance1590 misseeming1590 supposing1596 dissemblance1602 guise1662 dissimulating1794 make-believe1794 representation1805 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 make-belief1837 pretence1862 make-believing1867 postiche1876 kid-stakes1916 smoke and mirrors1980 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) xxi. 13 A bold Woman came to me without any guise or colour, and told me plainly how it was with him. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 373 Plausibleness and Guises are inseparable from Courts. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iv. 97 In the enigma..there is given, under a guise, some special mark which [etc.]. 1895 Presbyterian (Sydney) 14 Sept. (Suppl.) 5/1 A miserably weak and cowardly guise to hide their real intentions. †6. Scottish. 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. literal and figurative. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 149 He bad gallandis ga graith a gyis. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 149 Heilie harlottis on hawtane wyis Come in with mony sindrie gyis. a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 50 Blaide, blecke thee, to bring in a gyse. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 81 The gentilmen of the countrey about haid a gyse and farce to play before the King. 1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 449 Dumbe Doctors..did devise, Guyses to gaze on, showes men's soules to feed. 1712–26 Gideon Guthrie (1900) 11 Finding the gyse turned, the Lords of the Congregation prevailing, and the laws upon their syd. 1787 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 109 It's in your power, my Bess, to turn the guise. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 36 I'll shortly gar you turn the guize. Compounds guise-dancer n. dialect = guiser n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer mummera1456 disguiser1481 guiser1488 guisard1626 guise-dancer1846 1846 ‘J. Treenoodle’ Specimens Cornish Provinc. Dial. 53 And tould us how a giz-daunce was to door. 1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 339 When the mummers, guise-dancers, and darkey-parties were dressing up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). guisev. Brit. /ɡʌɪz/, U.S. /ɡaɪz/, Scottish English /ɡaɪz/ Forms: Also Middle English gyse, 1500s guize, gys. Etymology: < guise n. 1. a. transitive. To attire, attire fantastically; dress, equip, ‘get up’. Also in immaterial sense. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > dress up or dress elaborately disguisec1325 quaintisea1333 guisea1400 to dress up?a1513 deck?1521 garnisha1535 trim1594 gallant1614 sprug1622 dizena1625 to dress out1649 bedizen1661 rig1723 trim1756 bedress1821 gaudy1838 buck up1854 garb1868 clobber1887 mum1890 to do up1897 dude1899 toff1914 lair1941 a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 92 Þan þou gysed the gerne, and gafe þe to goo Tyll Ephesyne. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 660 When þey harde of these tythandys, They gysed them full gay. 1618 W. Mure Dido & Æneas ii. 417 His curled head with Phrygian mytre guised. 1796 T. Townshend Poems 20 Guised just like her true love swain. 1821 J. Baillie W. Wallace in Metrical Legends xix. 12 In that deceitful seeming guised. 1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers III. ix. 220 Bands of children guised as Holy Innocents. 1882 Society 16 Dec. 5/2 The pawns..will be guised as choristers. †b. To prepare, get up (an eatable). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > prepare food [verb (transitive)] makeOE dightc1320 dressa1325 array1366 prepare1490 guise1604 catea1617 trick1824 fix1839 get1873 nap1961 1604 R. Parsons Relation Triall before King of France 143 The same Coleworts sodden againe, but guised after another fashion. †c. To shape, assimilate to (such or such a guise). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] comparison1340 likena1382 figure1393 compare1447 comparagea1450 comparate?a1475 assemble1483 apply?1532 assimile1547 configurate1582 resemble1590 guise1606 similize1620 assimilate1630 approacha1649 consimilate1716 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 7 To guise our selves (like counterfaiting Ape) To th' guise of Men that are but Men in shape. 2. To disguise. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)] beclout?c1225 disguisea1375 veilc1384 dissimule1485 counterfeit1490 dissemble?1507 guisea1510 wry1567 discountenance1574 conceal1598 belie1610 dislikena1616 obvolve1623 transvest1649 travesty1665 mask1847 camouflage1917 a1510 G. Douglas King Hart ii. 70 Len me thy cloke, to gys me for ane quhyle. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words A man of notoriously dirty appearance asked his wife, ‘Hoo mun a gize mesel?’ ‘Wesh thee fyess’, was the prompt reply. 3. intransitive. To go about in disguise, or in masquerade dress. Chiefly Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > masque > [verb (intransitive)] guise1876 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Guise, to masquerade. 1884 Good Words Nov. 747/1 The youths of Lerwick, attired in fantastic dresses, go ‘guising’ about the towns. 1891 Notes & Queries XI. 82 [The phrase] is not an appropriate one in the mouth of the Duke when he is guising as a monk. Derivatives guised adj. ΚΠ 1662 J. Greenhalgh Let. 22 Apr. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 10 Hooded, guized, veiled Jews, and my own plain bare self amongst them. a1851 J. Baillie Ethwald iv. iii. 117 in Wks. (1851) 187 Then like a guised band, that for awhile Has mimick'd forth a sad and gloomy tale. 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