*guine*

a. Anguineous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anguineus. ] Snakelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. béguine; LL. beguina, beghina; fr. Lambert le Bègue (the Stammerer) the founder of the order. (Du Cange.) ] A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. related by blood; descended from a common ancestor; -- used as a term of relation between two people.
Syn. -- akin(predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguineous, kin(predicate). [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Law) having the same father but different mothers; -- contrasted with uterine{ 2 } and german. [ PJC ]

a. Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of kin blood; related. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine. ] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.
Syn. -- consanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. “The ensanguined field.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bloodless. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. [ 1913 Webster ]

The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. Pinkerton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra. --
Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. --
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [ Obs. ] Gay. --
Guinea fowl,
Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer species. --
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum. --
Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass (Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. --
Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. --
Guinea peach. See under Peach. --
Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper aethiopicum. --
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. --
Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Guinea{ 1 }; as, Guinean borders. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guinea{ 1 }; as, Guinean soldiers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Guinea{ 1 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig. ] 1. (Zool.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia porcellus or Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. Called also cavy. It is the domesticated form of the wild cavy, often kept as a pet and used commonly as an experimental animal in laboratory research. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. Hence, [ figuratively ]: Any animal or person used in an experiment; -- also applied to people who are unwillingly or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm. [ PJC ]

3. A contemptuous sobriquet. [ Obs. ] Smollett [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

. A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous. ] 1. Having the color of blood; red. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful; optimistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Blood color; red. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) Bloodstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of blood; pale. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sanguine manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguineus. See Sanguine. ] 1. Abounding with blood; sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Blood-red; crimson. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]