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A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook. [1913 Webster] 2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator. [1913 Webster] He will be our guide, even unto death. --Ps. xlviii. 14. [1913 Webster] 3. Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as: (a) (Water Wheels) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets. (b) (Surgery) A grooved director for a probe or knife. (c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. --Farrow. [1913 Webster] Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; -- called also guide, and slide bar. Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar. Guide meridian. (Surveying) See under Meridian. Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to. Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler. --Knight. Guide rail (Railroads), an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients. [1913 Webster]  guide n 1: someone employed to conduct others [syn: usher, guide] 2: someone who shows the way by leading or advising 3: something that offers basic information or instruction [syn: guidebook, guide] 4: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template, templet, guide] 5: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn: scout, pathfinder, guide] 6: a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise] 2: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide] 3: be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" [syn: guide, steer] 4: use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on" [syn: guide, guide on] 5: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass]  GUIDE Graphical User Interface Development Environment from Sun. Guide A hypertext system from the University of Kent (GB) and OWL for displaying on-line documentation.  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