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A sign that answers 'which way' without judging how lost you got.
means A post or sign at a crossroads or trailside that points travelers toward a destination.
from A plain compound of 'guide' (from Old French 'guider,' to direct or lead, itself from a Germanic root related to 'wit' and knowing the way) plus 'post,' the upright stake or pillar it's mounted on. The word simply names the object: a post that guides. It entered common use as roads and routes needed fixed, literal markers — long before it drifted into metaphor for anything that points the way in life.
- origin
- from guiding posts marking old travel routes
- metaphor use
- now means principle, not just physical marker
- difference
- points direction, unlike milestones that measure distance