Chapter 79

Grudge (grj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grudger (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging.] [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.] 1. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.

Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train.

Shak.

I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments.

Swift.

They have grudged us contribution.

Shak.

2. To hold or harbor with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.]

Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty !

Shak.

Grudge (grj), v. i. 1. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Grudge not one against another.

James v. 9.

He eats his meat without grudging.

Shak.

2. To feel compunction or grief. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

Grudge, n. 1. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.

Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother Jacob.

South.

The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge.

I. Taylor.

2. Slight symptom of disease. [Obs.]

Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling against the grudges of more dreaded calamities.

Milton.

Syn. -- Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See Pique.

Grudge"ful (?), a. Full of grudge; envious. "Grudgeful discontent." Spenser.

Grud"geons (?), Gur"geons (&?;), n. pl. [Prob. from P. grugir to craunch; cf. D. gruizen to crush, grind, and E. grout.] Coarse meal. [Obs.]

Grudg"er (grj"r), n. One who grudges.

Grudg"ing*ly, adv. In a grudging manner.

Grudg"ing*ness, n. The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.

Gru"el (?), n. [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. gr¸tze, As. grt. See Grout.] A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.

Gru"el*ly, a. Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

Grue"some (?), a. Same as Grewsome. [Scot.]

Gruf (?), adv. [Cf. Grovel.] Forwards; with one's face to the ground. [Obs.]

They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously.

Chaucer.

Gruff (?), a. [Compar. Gruffer (&?;); superl. Gruffest.] [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rcÛfan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge- , Goth. ga-.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. Addison.

Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks.

Thackeray.

-- Gruff"ly, adv. -- Gruff"ness, n.

Gru"gru palm" (?). (Bot.) A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw. [Written also grigri palm.]

Gru"gru worm" (?). (Zoˆl.) The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.

Grum (?), a. [Cf. Dan. grum furious, Sw. grym, AS. gram, and E. grim, and grumble. √35.] 1. Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim. "Nick looked sour and grum." Arbuthnof.

2. Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as, a grum voice.

Grum"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grunbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grumbling (?).] [Cf. LG. grummeln, grumen, D. grommelen, grommen, and F. grommeler, of German origin; cf. W. grwm, murmur, grumble, surly. √35. Cf. Grum, Grim.] 1. To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no more.

Prior.

2. To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.

3. To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.

Grum"ble, v. t. To express or utter with grumbling.

Grum"ble, n. 1. The noise of one that grumbles.

2. A grumbling, discontented disposition.

A bad case of grumble.

Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Grum"bler (?), n. One who grumbles.

Grum"bling*ly, adv. In a grumbling manner.

Grume (grm), n. [OF. grume, cf. F. grumeau a little heap, clot of blood, dim. fr. L. grumus.] A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Quincy.

Grum"ly (?), adv. In a grum manner.

Gru*mose" (?), a. (Bot.) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.

Gru"mous (?), a. [Cf. F. grumeleux. See Grume.] 1. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

2. (Bot.) See Grumose.

Gru"mous*ness, n. The state of being grumous.

Grump"i*ly (?), adv. In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]

Grump"y (?), a. [Cf. Grumble, and Grum.] Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. [Collog.] Ferby.

Grun"del (?), n. [See Groundling.] (Zoˆl.) A groundling (fish). [Prov. Eng.]

Grundsel (?), n. Groundsel. [Obs.]

Grunt (grnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grunting.] [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.] To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life.

Shak.

Grunting ox (Zoˆl.), the yak.

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Grunt (grnt), n. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.

2. (Zoˆl.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus HÊmulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.

Grunt"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog. "Bristled grunters." Tennyson.

2. (Zoˆl.) One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2.

3. (Brass Founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Grunt"ing*ly, adv. In a grunting manner.

Grun"tle (?), v. i. [Freq. of grunt.] To grunt; to grunt repeatedly. [Obs.]

Grunt"ling (?), n. A young hog.

Grutch (?), v. See Grudge. [Obs.] Hudibras.

||Gru"yËre` cheese" (&?;). A kind of cheese made at GruyËre, ||Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is ||known in the United States as Schweitzerk‰se.

Gry (?), n. [Gr &?; syllable, bit.] 1. A measure equal to one tenth of a line. [Obs.] Locke.

2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]

Gryde (?), v. i. To gride. See Gride. Spenser.

Gryf"on (?), n. [Obs.] See Griffin. Spenser.

||Gryl"lus (?), n. [L., locust.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of insects including ||the common crickets.

Grype (?), v. t. To gripe. [Obs.] See Gripe. Spenser.

Grype, n. [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zoˆl.) A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]

||Gry*phÊ"a (?), n. [NL., fr. I gryphus, or qryps, gen. gryphis, a ||griffin.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the ||oyster.

Gryph"ite (?), n. [Cf. F. gryphite.] (Paleon.) A shell of the genus Gryphea.

Gryph"on (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The griffin vulture.

||Grys"bok (?) n. [D. grijs gray + bok buck.] (Zoˆl.) A small South ||African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and ||chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.

||Gua*cha"ro (?), n. [Cf. Sp. gu·charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a ||sort of bird.] (Zoˆl.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ||(Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives.

Gua"cho (?), n.; pl. Guachos (&?;) [Spanish American.] 1. One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.

2. An Indian who serves as a messenger.

Gua"co (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) (a) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. Lindley. (b) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.

Gua"iac (?), a. [See Guaiacum.] Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. -- n. Guaiacum.

Gua"ia*cum (?), n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Hayti.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.

2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale or lignum-vitÊ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written also guaiac.]

Guan (gw‰n), n. ((Zoˆl.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.

Gua"na (gw‰"n), n. (Zoˆl.) See Iguana.

Gua*na"co (gw*n‰"k), n.; pl. Guanacos (- kz). [Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. Huanaco.] (Zoˆl.) A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. [Written also huanaco.]

Gua"ni*dine (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.

Gua*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Guano + -ferous.] Yielding guano. Ure.

Gua"nin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.

Gua"no (?), n.; pl. Guanos (#). [Sp. guano, fr. Peruv. huanu dung.] A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.

||Gua"ra (?), n. [Braz. guar·.] (Zoˆl.) (a) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. ||(b) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) - - named ||from its cry.

||Gua"ra*na` (?), n. [Pg.] (Med.) A preparation from the seeds of ||Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an ||astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

Gua"ra*nine` (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.

Guar`an*tee" (?), n.; pl. Guarantees (#). [For guaranty, prob. influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantee.] 1. In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.

His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal.

Macaulay.

2. One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor. South.

Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.

3. (Law) The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor.

Syn. -- Guarantee, Warranty. A guarantee is an engagement that a certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an engagement as to the qualities or title of a thing at the time of the engagement.

Guar"an*tee`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. guaranteed (?); p, pr. & vb. n. Guaranteeing.] [From Guarantee, n.] In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty.

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government.

Constitution of the U. S.

Guar"an*tor` (?), n. [See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantor.] (Law) (a) One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety. (b) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.

Guar"an*ty (?), n.; pl. Guaranies (#). [OF. guarantie, garantie, F. garantie, OF. guarantir, garantir, to warrant, to guaranty, E. garantir, fr. OF. guarant, garant, a warranter, F. garant; of German origin, and from the same word as warranty. See Warrant, and cf. Warranty, Guarantee.] In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.

Guar"an*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarantied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guarantying.] [From Guaranty, n.] In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t.

Guaranty agrees in form with warranty. Both guaranty and guarantee are well authorized by legal writers in the United States. The prevailing spelling, at least for the verb, is guarantee.

Guard (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. &, vb. n. Gurding.] [OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wart&?;n to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. & n., and cf. Guard, n.] 1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.

For Heaven still guards the right.

Shak.

2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

3. To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.

The body of your discourse it sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.

Shak.

4. To fasten by binding; to gird. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Syn. -- To defend, protect, shield; keep; watch.

Guard (g‰rd), v. i. To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.

Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, marto, one who watches, mata a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See Guard, v. t.]

1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.

His greatness was no guard to bar heaven's shaft.

Shak.

2. A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.

The guard which kept the door of the king's house.

Kings xiv. 27.

3. One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor. [Eng.]

4. Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as: (a) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand. (b) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment. (c) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress. (d) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. (e) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision. (f) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger. (g) (Bookbinding) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.

5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.

6. An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.

They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I.

Atterbury.

7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.

8. (Zoˆl.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as, guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard duty.

Advanced guard, Coast guard, etc. See under Advanced, Coast, etc. -- Grand guard (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line belonging to a system of advance posts of an army. Mahan. -- Guard boat. (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good lookout. (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the observance of quarantine regulations. -- Guard cells (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll. -- Guard chamber, a guardroom. -- Guard detail (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc., detailed for guard duty. - - Guard duty (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc., performed by a sentinel or sentinels. -- Guard lock (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or basin. -- Guard of honor (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to accompany eminent persons. -- Guard rail (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard against derailment. -- Guard ship, a war vessel appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed among their respective ships. -- Life guard (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the person of a prince or high officer. -- Off one's guard, in a careless state; inattentive; unsuspicious of danger. -- On guard, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as a guard or sentinel; watching. -- On one's guard, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant. -- To mount guard (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or sentinel. -- To run the guard, to pass the watch or sentinel without leave.

Syn. -- Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort; care; attention; watch; heed.

Guard"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. gardable. See Guard, v. t.] Capable of being guarded or protected.

Guard"age (?), n. [Cf. OF. wardage. See Guard, v. t.] Wardship [Obs.] Shak.

Guard"ant (?), a. [OF. guardant, p. pr. of guard&?;. See Guard, v. t.] 1. Acting as guardian. [Obs.] Shak.

2. (Her.) Same as Gardant.

Guard"ant, n. A guardian. [Obs.] Shak.

Guard"ed, a. Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. -- Guard"ed*ness, n.

Guard"en*age (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs. & R.] " His tuition and guardenage." Holland.

Guard"er (?), n. One who guards.

Guard"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The garfish.

Guard"ful (?), a. Cautious; wary; watchful. [Obs. or Poetic.] -- Guard"ful*ly, adv.

Guard"house` (?), n. (Mil.) A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.

Guard"i*an (?), n. [OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See Guard, v. t., and cf. Wasden.] 1. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

2. (Law) One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.

Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child.

Blackstone.

Guardian ad litem (&?;) (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit. -- Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.

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Guard"i*an (?), a. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. -- Guardian angel. (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth. (b) Hence, a protector or defender in general. O. W. Holmes. -- Guardian spirit, in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.

Guard"i*an*age (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]

Guard"i*ance (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]

Guard"i*an*ess (?), n. A female guardian.

I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess.

Beau. & Fl.

Guard"i*an*less, a. Without a guardian. Marston.

Guard"i*an*ship, n. The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

Guard"less (?), a. Without a guard or defense; unguarded. Chapman.

Guard"room` (?), n. (Mil.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.

Guards (g‰rdz), n. pl. A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."

Guard"ship, n. Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.

Guards"man (?), n.; pl. Guardsmen (&?;). 1. One who guards; a guard.

2. A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.

Guar"ish (?), v. t. [OF. guarir, garir, F. guÈrir.] To heal. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gua`te*ma"la grass" (?). (Bot.) See Teosinte.

Gua"va (?), n. [Sp. guayaba the guava fruit, guayabo the guava tree; prob. fr. the native West Indian name.] A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.

Gu"ber*nance (?), n. Government. [Obs.]

Gu"ber*nate (?), v. t. [L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. See Govern.] To govern. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Gu"ber*na`tion (?), n. [L. gubernatio.] The act of governing; government [Obs.] I. Watts.

Gu"ber*na*tive (?), a. Governing. [Obs.]

Gu"ber*na*to`ri*al (?), a. [L. gubernator governor. See Gabernate.] Pertaining to a governor, or to government.

Gud"geon (gj"n), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio`s Cf. 1st Goby. ] 1. (Zoˆl.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.

2. What may be got without skill or merit.

Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.

Shak.

3. A person easily duped or cheated. Swift.

4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.

6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.

Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.

Gud"geon, v. t. To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [R.]

To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.

Sir IV. Scott.

Gue (?), n. A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar.

Gue"ber Gue"bre (?), n. Same as Gheber.

Guel"der*rose' (?), n. [Supposed to be brought from Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose, F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de Gueldres.] (Bot.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree.

{ Guelph, Guelf } (gwlf), n. [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.] (Hist.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.