Guadalquivir
Guadalquivir (ancient Baetis, Moorish Wadi Al Kebir, "the Great River"), A River Of Southern Spain. What Is Regarded As The Main Stream Rises 4,475 Ft. Above Sea-level Between The Sierra De Cazorla And Sierra Del Pozo, In The Province Of Jaen. It Does Not Become A Large River Until It ...
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe, French Colony, West Indies, Between Montserrat On The N., And Dominica On The S., Between 15° 59' And 16° 20' N. And 61 ° 31' And 61 ° 5o' W. It Consists Of Two Entirely Distinct Islands, Separated By A Narrow Arm Of The Sea, Riviere Salee (salt River), ...
Guadiana
Guadiana (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana), A River Of Spain And Portugal. The Guadiana Was Long Believed To Rise In The Lowland Known As The Campo De Montiel, Where A Chain Of Small Lakes, The Lagunas De Ruidera, Are Linked Together By The Guadiana Alto Or Upper Guadiana. This Stream ...
Guadix
Guadix, A City Of Southern Spain, In The Province Of Granada ; On The Left Bank Of The River Guadix, A Subtributary Of The Guadiana Menor, And On The Madrid-valdepenas-almeria Railway. Pop. (193o), 21,949. Guadix Occupies Part Of An Ele Vated Plateau Among The Northern Foothills Of The Sierra Nevada. ...
Guaduas
Guaduas, A Town Of The Department Of Cundinamarca, Colombia, 53 M. N.w. Of Bogota On The Old Road Between That City And The Magdalena River Port Of Honda. Pop. (1918) 12,878, Chiefly Indians Or Of Mixed Blood. It Stands In A Narrow And Pic Turesque Valley Formed By Spurs Of ...
Guahiban
Guahiban, An Independent Linguistic Stock Of South Ameri Can Indians, So Called From The Guahibas, One Of Its Most Impor Tant Tribes. The Tribes Composing This Stock Occupy Or Once Occu Pied A Large Area In Eastern Colombia, Which Extended From The Orinoco River Westward Between The Meta And Vichada ...
Guaiacol
Guaiacol, The Monomethyl Ether Of Cate Chol (q.v.) And A Constituent Of Beechwood-tar. ...
Guaiacum
Guaiacum (gwi'a-kum), A Genus Of Trees Of The Order Zygophyllaceae. The Guaiacum Or Lignum Vitae Tree G. Officinale, Is A Native Of The 'vest Indies And The North Coast Of South Amer Ica, Where It Attains A Height Of 2oft. To 3oft. Its Branches Are Numerous, Flexuous And Knotted ; ...
Gualdo Tadino
Gualdo Tadino, A Town And Episcopal See Of Umbria, Italy (anc. Tadinum, On The Via Flaminia, 1 M. To The W.), 1,755 Ft. Above Sea-level, Province Of Perugia, 22 M. N. Of Foligno By Rail. Pop. (1931), Town, 4,893, Commune, 11,889. The Cathedral Has A Good Rose-window; And The Picture ...
Gualeguay
Gualeguay, A Town On The River Of The Same Name In Argentina, 32 M. Above The Confluence Of The Gualeguay River With The Ibucuy Branch Of The Parana, And About 120 M. N.n.w. Of Buenos Aires. The Port Of Gualeguay Is Puerto Ruiz, 5 Tn. Below, With Which Gualeguay Is ...
Gualeguaychu
Gualeguaychu, A Town And River Port Of The Province Of Entre Rios, Argentina, On The River Of The Same Name, Ii M. Above Its Confluence With The Uruguay And About 13o M. N.w. Of Buenos Aires. Pop. (1925) 21,622, The Tributary Territory Having Inhabitants. It Is The Centre Of An ...
Guam
Guam, The Largest And Most Populous Of The Marianas Islands, In The North Pacific, In 13° 26' N. Lat. And 39' E. Long., About 1,823 M. E. By S. Of Hong Kong, About 1,506 M. E. Of Manila, And 5,053 M. W. By S. Of San Francisco. Guam Ex Tends ...
Guan
Guan, The Name Applied To Members Of The Penelopinae, Closely Allied To The Cracinae Or Curassows. They Comprise A Num Ber Of Genera Of Which Penelope And Ortalis Are The Largest. Nearly All Have A Bare Throat, From Which, In Many Forms, Hangs A Wattle. Save For A Few Which ...
Guanabacoa
Guanabacoa (an Indian Name Meaning "site Of The Waters"), A Town Of Cuba, In Havana Province, About 6 M. E. Of Havana. Pop. 79. Guanabacoa Is Served By Railway To Havana, With Which It Is Connected By The Regla Ferry Across The Bay; A Good Motor Road Connects It With ...
Guanaco Or Huanaca
Guanaco Or Huanaca, The Larger Of The Two Wild Rep Resentatives In South America Of The Camel Tribe, The Other Being The Vicuna. The Guanaco (lama Huanacus), Stands Nearly 4ft. At The Shoulder, With Gracefully Curved Neck And Long Slender Legs, The Hind Pair Bearing Two Naked Patches. The Hair ...
Guanajay
Guanajay, A Town Of Western Cuba, In Pinar Del Rio Prov Ince. About 36m. (by Rail) S.w. Of Havana. Pop. (1931 Census) 14,695. Guanajay Is Served By The West Branch Of The United Rail Ways Of Havana, Of Which It Is The West Terminus. The Town Lies Among Hills, Has ...
Guanajuato Or Guanaxuato
Guanajuato Or Guanaxuato, An Inland State Of Mexico; Area, 11,8o8 Sq. Miles. It Is One Of The Most Densely Populated States Of The Republic ; Pop. (1910) I,o81,651; (193o) 987,801. The State Lies Wholly Within The Limits Of The Great Cen Tral Plateau Of Mexico, And Has An Average Elevation ...
Guanajuato Or Santa Fe
Guanajuato Or Santa Fe De Guanajuato, A City Of Mexico And Capital Of The State Of The Same Name 155m. (direct) N.w. Of The Federal Capital. Pop. (191o) 35,682; (1921) 19,408. The City Is Built In The Canada De Marfil At The Junction Of Three Ravines About 6,5ooft. Above The ...
Guanches
Guanches, The Aboriginal Inhabitants Of The Canary Islands. Strictly The Guanches Were The Primitive :nhabitants Of Teneriffe, Where They Seem To Have Preserved Racial Purity To The Time Of The Spanish Conquest, But The Name Came To Be Applied To The Indigenous Populations Of All The Islands. The Guanches, Now ...
Guanidine
Guanidine, A Colourless, Deliquescent, Crystalline Solid Readily Soluble In Water Or Alcohol; It Occurs In Both Vegetable And Animal Kingdoms. Guanidine, Hn : C 2j Is Found In The Juice Of Sugar Beet, In Etiolated Vetch Seedlings And In The Embryo Of The Chick. It Was First Prepared By A. ...
Guano
Guano (a Spanish Word From The Peruvian Huanu, Dung), The Excrement Of Birds, Found As Large Deposits On Certain Islands Off The Coast Of Peru, And On Others Situated In The Southern Ocean And Off The West Coast Of Africa. The Large Proportions Of Phosphorus In The Form Of Phosphates ...
Guanta
Guanta, A Port On The Caribbean Coast Of The State Of Anzoategui, Venezuela, 12 M. N.e. Of Barcelona, With Which It Is Connected By Rail. It Dates From The Completion Of The Railway To The Coal Mines Of Naricual And Capiricual Nearly 12 M. Beyond Barcelona, And Was Created For ...
Guantanamo
Guantanamo, A Town And United States Naval Base, 4o M. East Of Santiago Near The Eastern End Of The South Coast Of Cuba. It Possesses A Land-locked Harbour Of Two Basins, About 4 M. Wide And 10 M. Long From North To South. A Narrow Entrance Gives Protection From Storms ...
Guarana
Guarana, The Plant Paullinia Cupana (or P. Sorbilis) Of The Natural Order Sapindaceae, Indigenous To The North And West Of Brazil. It Has A Smooth Erect Stem ; Large Pinnate Alternate Leaves With Five Oblong-oval Leaflets; Narrow Panicles Of Short-stalked Flowers; And Ovoid Fruit About As Large As A Grape, ...
Guaranis
Guaranis, A Group Of South American Indian Tribes, Forming An Important Subdivision Of The Tupian (q.v.) Linguistic Stock. At The Time Of The First Arrival Of Europeans, The Guarani Tribes Were Spread Over The Region East Of The Paraguay River In What Is Now Paraguay And The Adjacent Argentine States ...
Guarantee
Guarantee. In Law, A Guarantee Is A Contract To Answer For The Payment Of Some Debt, Or The Performance Of Some Duty, In The Event Of The Failure Of Another Person Who Is Prima Rily Liable For Such Payment Or Performance. In Order That There May Be A Contract Of ...
Guaratingueta
Guaratingueta, A City Of Brazil In The Eastern Part Of The State Of Sao Paulo, 124 M. N.e. Of The City Of Sao Paulo. Population Of The Municipality (1920), 43,101. The City, Which Was Founded In 1651, Stands On A Fertile Plain 3 M. From The Parahyba River, And Is ...
Guaraunan Warraunan
Guaraunan (warraunan), An Independent Linguistic Stock Of South American Indians, So Called From The Warraus (guaraunos), Its Most Important Tribe. The Tribes Of This Stock Occupied At The Time Of The First European Contact, The Coast Re Gions Of British Guiana From The Essequibo River Westward To The Orinoco Delta. ...
Guarda
Guarda, An Episcopal City Of Portugal On The Guarda Abrantes And Lisbon-villar Formoso Railways. Pop. (1930) 7,158. It Is 3,370 Ft. Above Sea-level, At The North-eastern Extremity Of The Serra Da Estrella, Overlooking The Fertile Valley Of The River Coa. It Contains A Ruined Castle, A Fine 16th Century Cathedral ...
Guardian
Guardian. For The Position Of Guardians Of The Poor See Poor Law, And For The Legal Relations Between A Guardian And His Ward See Infant, Marriage And Roman Law. ...
Guards And Household Troops
Guards And Household Troops. The Practice Of Maintaining Bodyguards Is Of Great Antiquity, And Possibly Is The Origin Of Organized Armies. Thus There Is Often No Clear Distinction Between The Inner Ring Of Personal Defenders And The Select Corps Of Trained Combatants Who Are At The Chief's Entire Disposal. Famous ...
Guarico
Guarico, A Large Inland State Of Venezuela, And Having A River Of The Same Name. Pop. (1926), 125,282. It Extends Across The Northern Llanos To The Orinoco And Apure Rivers And Is Devoted Almost Wholly To Pastoral Pursuits, Exporting Cattle, Horses And Mules, Hides And Skins, Cheese And Some Other ...
Guariento
Guariento, Italian Painter Of Padua. He Is Mentioned In Paduan Records As Early As 1338. In 1365 He Was Invited By The Venetian Authorities To Paint A Paradise, And Some Incidents Of The War Of Spoleto, In The Great Council-hall Of Venice. These Works Were Greatly Admired At The Time, ...
Guarino Guarinus Da Verona
Guarino (guarinus) Da Verona One Of The Italian Restorers Of Classical Learning, Was Born In 13 7o At Verona, And Studied Greek At Constantinople, Where For Five Years He Was The Pupil Of Manuel Chrysolaras. On His Return To Italy Brought Back A Number Of Greek Mss. He Supported Himself ...
Guarino
Guarino, Also Known As Varinus, And Surnamed From His Birthplace Favorinus, Phavorinus Or Camers (c. Italian Lexicographer And Scholar, Was Born At Favera Near Erino, Studied Greek And Latin At Florence Under Politian, And Afterwards Became For A Time The Pupil Of Lascaris. Having Entered The Benedictine Order, He Devoted ...
Guarnieri Or Guarnerius
Guarnieri Or Guarnerius, A Celebrated Family Of Violin Makers Of Cremona. The First Was Andreas (c. 1626-1698), Who Worked With Antonio Stradivari In The Workshop Of Nicolo Amati (son Of Geronimo). Violins Of A Model Original To Him Are Dated From The Sign Of "st. Theresa" In Cremona. His Son ...
Guastalla
Guastalla, A Town And Episcopal See Of Emilia, Italy, Province Of Reggio, 18 M. N. By Rail Of Reggio, On The South Bank Of The Po, 79 Ft. Above Sea-level. It Is Also Connected By Rail With Parma And Mantua (via Suzzara). Pop. (town) ; 13,244 (commune). The Cathedral Dates ...
Guatemala La Nueva Or
Guatemala, Guatemala La Nueva Or New Guatemala, The Capital City Of The Central American Re Public Of The Same Name, Was Founded, On Its Present Site, Follow Ing An Earthquake Which In 1773 Wrecked The Older Capital, Now Known As Antigua (or Ancient) Guatemala (q.v.), The Govern Ment Being Formally ...
Guatemala
Guatemala, The Most Populous And The Second Largest Country Of Central America. The Name Was Formerly Applied To The Captain-generalcy Of Spain Which Included Not Only The Five Central American Countries, Extending Southward To Approxi Mately The Present Northern Border Of The Republic Of Panama, But Also Included, To The ...
Guatoan
Guatoan, An Independent Linguistic Stock Of South Ameri Can Indians, Made Up Of The Single Tribe Of The Guatos. The Small Surviving Remnant Of The Guatos Live On The Bolivian-brazilian Border, Along The Upper Paraguay River, Chiefly About Lakes Gaiba And Uberaba. It Is Probable That Formerly They Held A ...
Guatuso
Guatuso, An Almost Extinct Indian Tribe Dwelling On The Forest-covered Plains Of San Carlos In Northern Costa Rica. An Aura Of Romance, Now Dispelled, Has Credited Them With White Skins And Red Hair. Their Tongue Is A Chibchan Dialect, And Their Culture Is Of South American Type. See Karl Sapper, ...
Guava
Guava, The Name Applied To The Fruits Of Species Of Psidium, A Genus Of The Myrtle Family (myrtaceae) . The Species Which Produces The Bulk Of The Guava Fruits Of Commerce Is P. Guajava, A Small Tree From 15 To 20 Ft. High, A Native Of Tropical America And The ...
Guayama
Guayama., A Town Situated On A Broad And Fertile Plain Some 2ooft. Above Sea-level In The Southern Part Of Porto Rico Near The Caribbean Sea. Pop. (1930), 10,953. The Population Of The Municipal District Was 23,624 In 193o. Guayama Is An Indian Name And Means The "region Of Fire," So ...
Guayaquil Or Santiago De
Guayaquil Or Santiago De Guayaquil, A City And Port Of Ecuador, Capital Of The Province Of Guayas, On The Right Bank Of The Guayas River, 33 M. Above Its Entrance Into The Gulf Of Guayaquil, In 2° 1' 18" S., 79° 51' 46.25" W. Pop. About 126,717. The City Is ...
Guayas Or El Guayas
Guayas Or El Guayas, A Coast Province Of Ecuador. Pop. (1933 Estimate) 351,438; Area, 8,331 Sq. Miles. It Is Very Irregular In Form And Comprises The Low Alluvial Districts Surround Ing The Gulf Of Guayaquil Between The Western Cordilleras And The Coast. It Includes (since 1885) The Galapagos Islands, Lying ...
Guaycuruan
Guaycuruan, An Independent Linguistic Stock Of South American Indians, So Called From The Guaycurus, Its Best Known Tribe. The Tribes Of This Stock Lived In The Argentine Chaco In The Region West Of The Parana And Paraguay Rivers, From A Little Above Santa Fe Nearly To The Mouth Of The ...
Guaymas Or San Jose
Guaymas Or San Jose De Guaymas, A Seaport Of Mexico, In The State Of Sonora, On A Small Land-locked Bay Opening Into The Gulf Of California A Few Miles West Of The Mouth Of The Yaqui River, In Lat. 27° 58' N., Long. I I O° 58' W. Pop. (1930) ...
Guaymi
Guaymi, An Indian Tribe Who Inhabit The Mountains Of Western Panama Between The Chiriqui Volcano And The River Belen, And Linguistically Allied To The Chibcha Of South America. During The Spanish Colonial Epoch They Were Dominated By Mis Sionaries, But Have Since Reverted To Their Natural Living Condi Tions. The ...
Gubbio
Gubbio, A Town And Episcopal See Of Umbria, Italy (anc. Iguvium, Q.v.; Med. Eugubium) Province Of Perugia, 23 M. N.n.e.' From Perugia By Road; By Rail 13 M. N.w. Of Fossato Di Vico (on The Line Between Foligno And Ancona) And 70 M. E.s.e. Of Arezzo. Pop. (1931) 6,769 (town) ...
Guben
Guben, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Brandenburg, At The Confluence Of The Lubis With The Neisse, 28 M. S.s.e. Of Frankfort-on-oder, At The Junction Of Railways To Breslau, Halle And Forst. Pop. 43,951. Guben, Of Wendish Origin, Is Mentioned In 1207 And Received Civic Rights In 1235. It ...
Gudbrandsdal
Gudbrandsdal, A District Of Southern Norway, Com Prising The Upper Course Of The River Lougen From Lillehammer At The Head Of Lake Mjosen To Its Source In Lake Lesjeskogen And Tributary Valleys. Lillehammer Is The Centre Of A Rich Timber District. The Railway From Oslo Reaches As Far As Damaas. ...
Gudgeon
Gudgeon (gobio Gobio, Sometimes Called G. Fluviatilis), A Cyprinid Fish Inhabiting Europe And Northern Asia. It Rarely Exceeds A Length Of 8 In. ; It Has A Barbel At Each Corner Of The Mouth, And A Row Of Blackish Spots Along The Side Of The Body ; It Frequents Sandy ...
Gudrun Kudrun
Gudrun (kudrun), A Middle High German Epic, Written Probably In The Early 13th Century, Not Long After The Nibelungen Lied, The Influence Of Which May Be Traced Upon It. It Is Preserved In A Single Ms. Which Was Prepared For Maximilian I., And Was Discovered In 182o In The Castle ...
Guebwiller
Guebwiller (ger. Gebweiler), Capital Of An Arrondisse Ment In The Department Of Haut Rhin (alsace-lorraine), France, At The Foot Of The Vosges, On The Lauch, 13 M. S. Of Colmar. Pop. T0,924. From The 8th Century It Belonged To The Religious Foundation Of Murbach. In 1789, At The Outbreak Of ...
Guelder Rose
Guelder Rose, So Called From Guelderland, Its Supposed Source, Is Known Botanically As Viburnum Opulus, A Shrub Or Small Tree Of The Honeysuckle Family (caprifoliaceae), A Native Of Britain, And Widely Distributed In The Temperate And Colder Parts Of Europe, Asia And North America It Is Common In Ireland, But ...
Guelph
Guelph, A City Of Canada, 45 M. W. Of Toronto, On The River Speed And The Canadian National Steam And Electric And Canadian Pacific Railways. Pop. (1931) 21,075. It Is A Fine Agri Cultural Centre, And Exports Grain, Fruit And Live-stock. It Con Tains The Ontario Agricultural College. The River ...
Guelphs And Ghibellines
Guelphs And Ghibellines, Originally The Names Of Two German Parties Formed In The 12th Century Around The Fam Ilies To Which Respectively Belonged The Dukes Of Saxony And Bavaria And The Lords Of Hohenstaufen. The Rivalry Between These Two Families Determined Much Of The History Of Germany (q.v.) In The ...
Guenevere
Guenevere, The Wife Of King Arthur. Geoffrey Of Mon Mouth, Who Calls Her Guanhumara, Makes Her A Roman Lady, But The General Tradition Is That She Was Of Cornish Birth And Daughter To King Leodegrance. Wace, Who, While Translating Geoffrey, Evi Dently Knew And Used Popular Tradition, Combines These Two, ...
Guenon
Guenon (ga'-non), The Name Applied To The Monkeys Of The African Genus Cercopithecus, The Ethiopian Representatives Of The Asiatic Macaques. ...
Gueret
Gueret, A Town Of Central France, Capital Of The Depart Ment Of Creuse, Situated 48 M. N.e. Of Limoges On The Orleans Railway. Pop. (1931) 6,193. Gueret Grew Up Round An Abbey Founded In The 7th Century, And In Later Times Became The Capital Of The District Of Marche. The ...
Guereza
Guereza, A Long-tailed Black And White Abyssinian Mon Key, Colobus Guereza, Characterized By A Long Pendent Mantle Of White Hair; The Name Is Sometimes Extended To Embrace All The African Thumbless Monkeys Of The Genus Colobus. These Are The African Representatives Of The Indo-malay Langurs (semnopithe Cus), With Which They ...
Gueridon
Gueridon, A Small Table To Hold A Lamp Or Vase, Supported By A Tall Column Or A Human Or Mythological Figure. This Piece Of Furniture, Often Very Graceful And Elegant, Originated In France Towards The Middle Of The 17th Century. In The Beginning The Table Was Supported By A Negro ...
Guernieri Or Werner
Guernieri Or Werner (ft. 135o), A Celebrated Mer Cenary Captain, Was A Member Of The Family Of The Dukes Of Urslingen. He Served The Pisans (1340-43), But Afterwards Col Lected A Troop Of Adventurers Which He Called The Great Company, And With Which He Plundered Tuscany And Lombardy. He Then ...
Guernsey
Guernsey, The Second Largest Of The Channel Islands, And The Westernmost Of The Important Members Of The Group, Its Chief Town, St. Peter Port, On The East Coast (in 2° 33' W., N.) Being 3o M. From The Nearest French Coast To The East. The Island, Roughly Triangular In Form, ...
Guerrero
Guerrero, A Pacific Coast State Of Mexico, Bounded North-west By Michoacan, North By Mexico (state) And Morelos, North-east And East By Puebla And Oaxaca, And South And West By The Pacific. Area, 24,885 Sq. Miles. Pop., Largely Composed Of Indians And Mestizos (1930), 641,690. The State Is Roughly Broken By ...
Guerrilla
Guerrilla, A Term Currently Used To Denote War Carried On By Bands In Any Irregular And Unorganized Manner; Errone Ously Written "guerilla," Being The Diminutive Of The Span. Guerra, War. The Position Of Irregular Combatants Was One Of The Sub Jects Dealt With At The Peace Conference Of 1899, And ...
Guest
Guest, One Who Receives Hospitality In The House Of Another (ger. Gast, Cognate With Lat. Hostis, Originally A Stranger; In Class. Lat. An Enemy ; Cf. Host) . "guest" Is Also Applied In Biology To A Parasite. ...
Guiana
Guiana, In General, The Region Lying North Of The Amazon River, South Of The Orinoco River And The Atlantic Ocean, And East Of The Southern Arm Of The Upper Orinoco, And Comprising An Area Of Roughly 690,000 Sq.m. At The North-eastern Corner Of The Continent Of South America. Specifically, The ...
Guibert Of Nogent
Guibert Of Nogent I 24), Historian And Theologian, Was Born Of Noble Parents At Clermont-en-beauvoisis, And Studied At The Benedictine Abbey Of Flavigny (flaviacum) Or St. Germer, Where He Devoted Himself At First To The Secular Poets, And Later Changed To Theology, Through The Influence Of Anselm Of Bec, Afterwards ...
Guibert Or Wibert
Guibert Or Wibert (c. 1030-1100), Of Ravenna, Anti Pope Under The Title Of Clement Iii. From June 25, Io8o Until September I Ioo, Was Born At Parma Between And Of The Noble Imperialist Family, Corregio. He Was Appointed By The Empress Agnes, Chancellor And, After The Death Of Pope Victor ...
Guide
Guide, An Agency For Directing Or Showing The Way, Specifi Cally A Person Who Leads Or Directs A Stranger Over Unknown Or Unmapped Country, Or Conducts Travellers And Tourists Through A Town, Or Over Buildings Of Interest. A Particular Class Of Guides Is Employed In Mountaineering; These Are Not Merely ...
Guido Of Arezzo
Guido Of Arezzo (c. 99o), A Musician Who Lived In The I I Th Century, Is Also Known As Guido Aretinus, Fra Guittone, And Guy Of Arezzo. He Has Been Called The Father Of Modern Music, And A Portrait Of Him In The Refectory Of The Mon Astery Of Avellana ...
Guido Of Siena
Guido Of Siena. The Name Of This Italian Painter Is Of Interest In The History Of Art, On The Ground That, If Certain Assump Tions Regarding Him Could Be Accepted As True, He Would Be The Earliest Representative Of A New School Of Neo-byzantine Art Which Flourished In Siena In ...
Guido Reni
Guido Reni Italian Painter Of The Bolognese School, And One Of The Most Admired Artists Of The Period Of Incipient Decadence In Italy, Was Born At Calvenzanb Near Bologna On Nov. 4, He Studied Under Denys Calvaert, A Flemish Painter, Who Was At The Head Of An Academy Of Design ...
Guienne
Guienne, An Old French Province Which Corresponded Roughly To The Aquitania Secunda Of The Romans And The Arch Bishopric Of Bordeaux. In The 12th Century It Formed With Gas Cony The Duchy Of Aquitaine, Which Passed Under The Dominion Of The Kings Of England By The Marriage Of Eleanor Of ...
Guild Socialism Syndicalism
Guild Socialism ; Syndicalism) . Bicameral And Unicameral States.—the Form Of The Legislature In One Or Two Chambers Provides A Further Distinction Between States. In A Federal State The Second Chamber Is Primarily Representative Of The Component States Of The Union, Each State Of Whatever Size Receiving Equal Representation With ...
Guild Socialism
Guild Socialism, The Name Of A School Of Socialist Thought Which Became Prominent In Great Britain In The Second Decade Of The 2oth Century, And Spread Thence To Other Parts Of The World, Especially The English-speaking Countries. Its Govern Ing Idea Is That Of Self-government In Industry—the Application Of Democratic ...
Guilds
Guilds. (the Spelling Guild Is Now The Common English Spelling, But There Are Many Reasons For Preferring The Older Spell Ing Gild.) Mediaeval Gilds Were Voluntary Associations Formed For The Mutual Aid And Protection Of Their Members. Among The Gildsmen There Was A Strong Spirit Of Fraternal Co-operation Or Christian ...
Guilford
Guilford, A Town, Including A Borough Of The Same Name, In New Haven County, Conn., U.s.a., On Long Island Sound, 16 M. E. By S. Of New Haven. It Is Served By The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad. The Population Of The Town Was 3,117 In 193o ; ...
Guillaume De Lorris
Guillaume De Lorris (fl. 1230), Author Of The Earlier Section Of The Roman De La Rose, Derives His Name From A Township In The Department Of Loiret. Nothing Else Is Positively Known Of Him. A Rubric In The Poem Puts Jean De Meun's Con Tinuation 4o Years After Guillaume's Death, ...
Guillaume De Palerne William
Guillaume De Palerne (william Of Palerne), Hero Of Romance. The French Verse Romance Was Written At The Desire Of A Countess Yolande, Probably Daughter Of Baldwin Iv., Count Of Flanders. The English Poem In Alliterative Verse Was Writ Ten About 135o By A Poet Called William. Guillaume, A Foundling, Is ...
Guillaume Dorange
Guillaume D'orange, Also Known As Fierabrace, St. Guillaume De Gellone, And The Marquis Au Court Nez, Was The Central Figure Of The Southern Cycle Of French Romance, Called By The Trouveres The Geste Of Garin De Monglane. This Cycle Has A Measure Of Unity, The Poems Being Episodic Rather Than ...
Guillaume Groen Van Prinsterer
Groen Van Prinsterer, Guillaume (1801 1876), Dutch Politician And Historian, Was Born At Voorburg, Near The Hague, On Aug. 21, 18o1. He Studied At Leyden University, And Acted (1829-33) As Secretary To King William I. Of Holland. He Became The Leader Of The So-called Anti-revolutionary Party, Both In The Second ...
Guillaume Guiart Or Guiard
Guiart Or Guiard, Guillaume (d. C. 1316), French Chronicler And Poet, Was Probably Born At Orleans, And Served In The French Army In Flanders In 1304. He Lived At Arras And Then In Paris, Thus Being Able To Consult The Large Store Of Manuscripts In The Abbey Of St. Denis, ...
Guillemot
Guillemot, Or, As It Is Usually Called In U.s.a., Murre, A Sea-bird Breeding On The Rocky Coasts Of The North Atlantic In Vast Numbers. This Bird, Uria Aalge, Is A Member Of The Auk Family And, Like The Rest Of The Alcidae, It Winters In The Open Sea. A Second ...
Guilloche
Guilloche, In Architecture, An Ornament Consisting Of A Band Which Is Represented As Curled Round A Series Of Circles Placed In A Row. The Pattern May Have Its Origin In Basketry As It Has A Form Similar To That Made By The Withes That Are Wound Round And Between The ...
Guillotine
Guillotine, The Instrument For Inflicting Capital Punish Ment By 'decapitation, Introduced Into France At The Period Of The Revolution. It Consists Of Two Upright Posts Surmounted By A Cross Beam, And Grooved So As To Guide An Oblique-edged Knife, The Back Of Which Is Heavily Weighted To Make It Fall ...
Guimaraes
Guimaraes, A Town Of Northern Portugal, 36 M. N.e. Of Oporto By The Trofa-guimaraes Branch Of The Oporto-corunna Railway. Pop. Guimaraes Is A Very Ancient Town With Moorish Fortifications. It Occupies A Low Hill, Skirted On The North-west By A Small Tributary Of The River Ave. The Citadel Founded In ...
Guinea Worm
Guinea-worm (dracontiasis), A Disease Due To The Filaria Medinensis, Or Dracunculus, A Filarious Nematode Like A Horse-hair, Whose Most Frequent Habitat Is The Subcutaneous And Intramuscular Tissues Of The Legs And Feet. It Is Common On The Guinea Coast, And In Many Other Tropical And Subtropical Regions, And Sometimes Amounts ...
Guinea
Guinea, The General Name Applied To Part Of The Western Coast Region Of Equatorial Africa, And Also To The Gulf Formed By The Great Bend Of The Coast Line Eastward And Then South Ward. In The Widest Acceptation Of The Term, The Guinea Coast May Be Said To Extend From ...
Guinea_2
Guinea, A Gold Coin At One Time Current In The United King Dom. It Was First Coined In 1663, In The Reign Of Charles Ii., From Gold Imported From The Guinea Coast Of West Africa By A Company Of Merchants Trading Under Charter From The British Crown—hence The Name. Many ...
Guines
Guines, A Town In The Interior Of Havana Province, Cuba, About 3o M. S.e. Of Havana. Pop. (1931) 30,922. It Is Situated On A Plain, In The Midst Of A Rich Plantation District, Chiefly De Voted To The Cultivation Of Tobacco. The First Railway In Cuba Was Built From Havana ...
Guingamp
Guingamp, A Town Of North-western France, Capital Of An Arrondissement In The Department Of Cotes-du-nord, On The Right Bank Of The Trieux, 20 M. W.n.w. Of St. Brieuc On The Railway To Brest. Pop. (1931) 6,251. Guingamp Was The Chief Town Of The Countship (subsequently The Duchy) Of Penthievre. The ...
Guinness
Guinness, The Name Of A Family Of Irish Brewers. The Firm Was Founded By Arthur Guinness, Who About The Middle Of The I 8th Century Owned A Modest Brewing-plant At Leixlip, A Vil Lage On The River Liffey. In Or About 1759 Arthur Guinness (d. 1855), Purchased A Small Porter ...
Guinobatan
Guinobatan, A Municipality (with Administration Centre And 14 Barrios Or Districts) Of The Province Of Albay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, On The Inaya River, 9 M. W. By N. Of Albay. Pop. (1918) 25,113. Abaci Is Grown In Large Quantities In The Surrounding Regions. In 1918, It Had 5 Manufacturing Establish ...
Guipuzcoa
Guipuzcoa, A Maritime Basque Province Of Northern Spain Bounded North By The Bay Of Biscay, West By The Province Of Vizcaya (biscay), South And South-east By Alava And Navarre And North-east By The River Bidassoa, Here The Frontier Of France. The Area Is 728 Sq.m., Estimated Population (dec. 31, 193o) ...
Guisborough Or Guisbrough
Guisborough Or Guisbrough, An Urban District And Market Town, Cleveland Parliamentary Division, North Riding Of Yorkshire, England, Io M. E.s.e. Of Middlesbrough By A Branch Of The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931) 6,306. It Lies In A Narrow, Fertile Valley At The North Foot Of The Cleveland Hills. Ruins Of An ...
Guise
Guise, A Town Of Northern France, In The Department Of Aisne, On The Oise, 31 M. N. Of Laon By Rail. Pop. (1931) 7,0i 7. The Scene Of The German Stand Of Oct. 1918 Is Near Guise, Which Suffered Much Damage During The World War, 1914-18. The Town Was Formerly ...
Guitar Fiddle
Guitar Fiddle (trou Badour Fiddle), A Modern Name Bestowed Retrospectively Upon Certain Precursors Of The Violin, Possessing Characteristics Of Both Guitar And Fiddle. The Name "guitar Fiddle" Is Intended To Em Phasize The Fact That The Instru Ment, In The Shape Of The Guitar, Which During The Middle Ages Rep ...
Guitar
Guitar (fr. Guitarre, Ger. Guitarre, Ital. Cjiitarra), A Mu Sical Instrument Strung With Gut Strings Twanged By The Fingers, Having A Body With A Flat Back And Graceful Incurvations In Com Plete Contrast To The Members Of The Family Of The Lute (q.v.), Whose Back Is Vaulted. The Construction Of ...