Guide — Defs

01 v. t. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.

imp. & p. p. Guided; p. pr. & vb. n. Guiding

1.
To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.
“I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court.” — Shak.
2.
To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.
“He will guide his affairs with discretion.” — Ps. cxii. 5.

“The meek will he guide in judgment.” — Ps. xxv. 9.

02 n. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a condu…

1.
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.
2.
One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator.
“He will be our guide, even unto death.” — Ps. xlviii. 14.
3.
Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator(Water Wheels)
4.
A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics.(Mil.)

Phrases & compounds

Guide bar — the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; -- called also guide, and slide bar.

Guide block — a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar.

Guide meridian — See under Meridian.

Guide pile — a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to.

Guide pulley — a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler.

Guide rail — an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.