n. [ OE. gilds, AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, a society or company where payment was made for its charge and support, fr. AS. gildan, gieldan, to pay. See Yield, v. t. ]
a. Liable to a tax. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. Golden. ] A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also
n. The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile. ] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. [ 1913 Webster ]
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]
To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. guiler. See Guile, n. ] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. --
a. Free from guile; artless. --
n. [ Cf. OF. guileor. ] A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] A quotation mark. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]