Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GUISE, n. [gize; Fr. guise; It. guisa, way, manner; Arm. guis, giz; W. gwez, order, shape; Sax. wise; Eng. wise; G. weise; D. guizen, to beguile.]

1. External appearance; dress; garb. He appeared in the guise of a shepherd. The hypocrite wears the guise of religion. That love which is without dissimulation, wears not the guise of modern liberality. J. M. Mason.
2. Manner; mien; cast or behavior. By their guise / Just men they seem. Milton.
3. Custom; mode; practice. The swain replied, it never was our guise, / To slight the poor, or aught humane despise. Pope.