2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or
course of lifo; a director; a regulator.
He will be our guide, even unto death. --Ps. xlviii.
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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.
4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the
directiug 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.
{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.
I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's
court. --Shak.
2. To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to
superintend the training or education of; to instruct and
influence intellectually or morally; to train.
He will guide his affairs with discretion. --Ps.
cxii. 5.
The meek will he guide in judgment. --Ps. xxv. 9.