Guise, n.

(gīz, 72), n. [Fr. guise, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. guisa, from O. H. Ger. wisa, L. Ger., A-S., & Eng. wise, Icel. vísa, N. H. Ger. weise.] 1. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; behavior; mien. “As then the guise was for each gentle swain.” Spenser. A vast, tremendous, unformed specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination. Burke. 2. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; mode; practice. The swain replied, “It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.” Pope.