See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

GUIDE (in See also:

• MID

Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form was guie, See also:

• ENGLISH

English " See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

guy," the d was due to the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic, the word being connected with the See also:

• BASE

base seen in O. Eng. See also:

• WITAN, or WITENAGEMOT (from O. Eng. wita, p1. witan, a wise man, and gemot, a meeting, from O. Eng. metan, to meet)

witan, to know)  , an agency for directing or showing the way, specifically a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who leads or directs a stranger over unknown or unmapped See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, or conducts travellers and tourists through a See also:

• TOWN

town, or over buildings of See also:

• INTEREST

interest . In See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• WARS

wars up to the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Revolution, the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of large See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale detailed maps made See also:

• LOCAL

local guides almost essential to the direction of military operations, and in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general tendency to the stricter organization of military re-See also:

• SOURCES

sources led in various countries to the See also:

• SPECIAL

special training of See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide See also:

• OFFICERS

officers (called Feldjager, and considered as general See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff officers in the Prussian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army), whose See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty it was to find, and if necessary establish, routes across country for those parts of the army that had to move parallel to the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main road and as nearly as possible at deploying See also:

• INTERVAL

interval from each other, for in those days armies were rarely spread out so far as to have the use of two or more made roads . But the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for such precautions died away when adequate surveys (in which guide officers were, at any See also:

• RATE

rate in See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, freely employed) were carried out, and, as a definite See also:

• TERM

term of military organization to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, "guide" possesses no more essential peculiarity than See also:

• FUSILIER

fusilier, See also:

• GRENADIER

grenadier or rifleman . The See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

genesis of the See also:

• MODERN

modern " Guide " regiments is perhaps to be found in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps of Guides formed by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1796, which appears to have been a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal escort or See also:

• BODY

body guard composed of men who knew the country . In the Belgian army of to-day the Guide regiments correspond almost to the Guard See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry of other nations; in the Swiss army the squadrons of "Guides" See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as divisional cavalry, and in this role doubtless are called upon on occasion to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead columns . The " See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's own Corps of Guides " of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian army consists of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry companies and cavalry squadrons . In See also:

• DRILL

drill, a " guide " is an officer or non-commissioned officer told off to regulate the direction and See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

pace of movements, the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the unit maintaining their See also:

• ALIGNMENT (from Fr. d and ligne, the Lat. Linea, a line)

alignment and distances by him . A particular class of guides are those employed in See also:

• MOUNTAINEERING

mountaineering; these are not merely to show the way but stand in the position of professional climbers with an See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert knowledge of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock and snowcraft, which they impart to the See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur, at the same time assuring the safety of the climbing party in dangerous expeditions . This professional class of guides arose in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th century when Alpine climbing became re-cognized as a See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport (see MOUNTAINEERING) . It is thus natural to find that the Alpine guides have been requisitioned for mountaineering expeditions all over the See also:

• WORLD

world . In climbing in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, the central See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the Swiss Alpine See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club issues a guides' See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff which fixes the charges for guides and porters; there are three sections, for the See also:

• VALAIS (Ger. Wallis, Ital. Vallese)

Valais and Vaudois See also:

• ALPS

Alps, for the Bernese Oberland, and for central and eastern Switzerland . The names of many of the See also:

• GREAT

great guides have become See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical .

In See also:

• CHAMONIX

Chamonix a statue has been raised to Jacques Balmat, who was the first to climb Mont See also:

• BLANC, (JEAN JOSEPH CHARLES) LOUIS (1811-1882)
• BLANC, MONT

Blanc in 1786 . Of the more famous guides since the beginning of Alpine climbing may be mentioned Auguste Balmat, See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel Cros, Maquignay, J . A . See also:

• CARREL, JEAN BAPTISTE NICOLAS ARMAND (18o0-1836)

Carrel, who went with E . See also:

• WHYMPER, EDWARD (1840- )

Whymper to the See also:

• ANDES

Andes, the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers Lauener, See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Almer and See also:

• JAKOB, LUDWIG HEINRICH VON (1759—1827)

Jakob and Melchior Anderegg . " Guide " is also applied to a See also:

• BOOK

book, in the sense of an elementary primer on some subject, or of one giving full See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information for travellers of a country, See also:

• DISTRICT

district or town . In See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical usage, the term " guide " is of wide application, being used of anything which steadies or directs the See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion of an See also:

• OBJECT

object, as of the "leading" See also:

• SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw of a screw-cutting See also:

• LATHE

lathe, of a loose See also:

• PULLEY

pulley used to steady a See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving-See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt, or of the bars or rods in a See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine which keep the sliding blocks moving in a straight See also:

• LINE

line . The doublet " See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

guy " is thus used of a rope which steadiesa See also:

• SAIL

sail when it is being raised or lowered, or of a rope, See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain or stay supporting a See also:

• FUNNEL (through an O. Fr. founil, found in Breton, from Lat. infundibulum, that through which anything is poured, from fundere, to pour)

funnel, See also:

• MAST (2) (Anglo-Saxon maest, food, common to some Teutonic languages, and ultimately connected with " meat")
• MAST (I) (O. Eng. maest; a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. malus; from the medieval latinized form mast us comes Fr. malt)

mast, See also:

• DERRICK

derrick, &c .