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guide 1. Engineering any device that directs the motion of a tool or machine part 2. Spiritualism a spirit believed to influence a medium so as to direct what he utters and convey messages through him Guide a member of an organization for girls equivalent to the Scouts Guide Akela leader of wolfpack. [Br. Lit.: The Jungle Books] guide in Elysium. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]
conducted dead to judgment before Osiris. [Egyptian Myth.: Jobes, 105] series of guidebooks for travelers. [Travel: NCE, 207] beloved’s soul; directs him in Paradise. [Ital. Lit.: Divine Comedy, Magill I, 211–213] famous prophetess; leads Aeneas through underworld. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] transported blessed souls to islands of dead. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Appleton, 31] led ships through treacherous strait off New Zealand. [Br. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 128] a goat used to lead sheep to slaughter. [Eur. Culture: Misc.] 400 ft. tall; beacon visible 300 miles at sea. [World Hist.: Wallechinsky, 257] pilot of Aeneas. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] Jehovah leads way to promised land. [O.T.: Exodus 13:21–22] guiding light to Jesus for the Magi. [Christian Symbolism: N.T.: Matthew, 2:9] pilot of the Argonauts. [Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1085] Dante’s guide in Hell and Purgatory. [Ital. Lit.: Divine Comedy, Magill I 211–213]
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Elizabeth Guider is now the editor-at-large, and will travel extensively, filing reports on the international entertainment sector and coordinating coverage of key markets and festivals. 25 million on a three-story property located at 3424-3426 Guider Ave. Enforcing the role of teacher as leader and guider during these drills, says Robert Solomon, assistant vice president, Building and Life Safety Codes for the National Fire Prevention Association. |
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