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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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