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Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey.

Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method. The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an instinct becomes so close as not to be distinguished. Darwin.

t; information; teachings. (b) Direction; order; command. "If my instructions may be your guide." Shak.

ise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.

A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.

A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.

more nor less than is stated. And having just enough, not covet more. Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. Sir P. Sidney. To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. Shak.

opening, as oo (food), o (old), etc., and as eu and u in French, and ö, ü in German. See Guide to Pronunciation,

of Lead, to guide Chaucer.

of Lead, to guide. Chaucer.

Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple. Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or conditions are determined.

To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man. If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.) They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow o…

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Especially:

scending major scale; the sensible note. -- Leading question, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. -- Leading strings, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. -- To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance o…

masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.

, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.

The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.]

ely more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30.

s a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, . See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10, 11.