Guerite
[gey-reet; French gey-reet] /geɪˈrit; French geɪˈrit/
noun, plural guérites
[gey-reets; French gey-reet] /geɪˈrits; French geɪˈrit/ (Show IPA). French Furniture.
1.
a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.
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[gahyl] /gaɪl/ noun 1. insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity. /ɡaɪl/ noun 1. clever or crafty character or behaviour n. mid-12c., from Old French guile “deceit, wile, fraud, ruse, trickery,” from Frankish *wigila “trick, ruse” or a related Germanic source (cf. Old Frisian wigila “sorcery, witchcraft,” Old English wil “trick;” […]
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[gahyl-fuh l] /ˈgaɪl fəl/ adjective 1. insidiously cunning; artfully deceptive; wily. adj. c.1300, from guile + -ful. Nowadays only in poems and dictionaries. Related: Guilefully; guilefulness.
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[gahyl-lis] /ˈgaɪl lɪs/ adjective 1. free from ; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank. /ˈɡaɪllɪs/ adjective 1. free from guile; ingenuous adj. 1727, from guile + -less. Related: Guilelessly; guilelessness.