Guise (?), n. [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wīsa, G. weise. See Wise, n.] 1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; 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. 2. External appearance in manner or
dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. As
then the guise was for each gentle swain.
Spenser. A . . . specter, in a
far more terrific guise than any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination. Burke. 3. Cover; cloak; as, under the
guise of patriotism.
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