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er; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. Chaucer. The swain replied, "It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise." Pope.

A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.] Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. Spenser.

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay.

In disguise.

The state of being disguised.

Disguise. [R.] Spenser.

One who, or that which, disguises. Shak.

Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.

Undisguised. " Bald egotism." Lowell.

Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious. "Barefaced treason." J. Baillie.

Without concealment or disguise.

A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. South. Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.

ot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [Obs.] "By cock and pie." Shak.

That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 30. That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.…

Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss. Compton Reade. Dead coloring. See under Dead.

, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to. Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should compliment their foes and shun their friends. Prior.

rtificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.