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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Guise

/(gīz)/ · IPA /ˈɡaɪz/
01 n. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at…
  1. 1.
    Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.
    “The swain replied, “It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.”” — Pope.
  2. 2.
    External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
    “As then the guise was for each gentle swain.” — Spenser.
    “A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination.” — Burke.
  3. 3.
    Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.