Guise
Guise (gīz) , noun
[Old English guise, gise, way, manner, French guise, from Old High German wīsa, German weise. See Wise, n.]
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. — Chaucer
The swain replied, “It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.”
2.
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
As then the guise was for each gentle swain.
A... specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination.
3.
Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.