Gudgeon
(Gud"geon), v. t. To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [R.]
To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.
Sir IV. Scott. Gue
(Gue) n. A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar.
Gueber
(Gue"ber Gue"bre) n. Same as Gheber.
Guelderrose'
(Guel"der*rose') n. [Supposed to be brought from Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche
roos, G. Gelderische rose, F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de Gueldres.] (Bot.) A
cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; — called
also snowball tree.
Guelph
(Guelph, Guelf) n. [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.] (Hist.) One of a
faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and
the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.
Guelphic
(Guelph"ic, Guelf"ic) a. Of or pertaining to the family or the faction of the Guelphs.
Guenon
(||Guenon") n. [F.] (Zoöl.) One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus,
as the green monkey and grivet.
Gueparde
(||Gue`parde") n. [Cf. F. guépard.] (Zoöl.) The cheetah.
Guerdon
(Guer"don) n. [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf.
Donation ), fr. OHG. widarlon; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + lon reward, G. lohn, akin to
AS. leán Goth. laun. See Withers.] A reward; requital; recompense; — used in both a good and a bad
sense. Macaulay.
So young as to regard men's frown or smile
As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot.
Byron.
He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies.
Knolles. Guerdon
(Guer"don) v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n.] To give guerdon to; to
reward; to be a recompense for. [R.]
Him we gave a costly bribe
To guerdon silence.
Tennyson. Guerdonable
(Guer"don*a*ble) a. [Cf. OF. guerredonable.] Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
Guerdonless
(Guer"don*less), a. Without reward or guerdon.
Guereza
(Gue*re"za) n. (Zoöl.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey having the body black, with a fringe of
long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band,
cheeks, and chin are white.
Guerilla
(Gue*ril"la) a. See Guerrilla.
Guerite
(Guer"ite) n. [F. guérite.] (Fort.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works,
or the acute angles of bastions.
