guillotine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: guillotine	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for guillotine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guillotine n closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill Synonym(s): closure by compartment, guillotine instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people v kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guillotine \Guil"lotine`\ (g[icr]l"l[osl]t[emac]n`), n. [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first {Louison} or {Louisette}. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.] 1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. 2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guillotine \Guil"lotine`\ (g[icr]l`l[osl]t[emac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guillotined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guillotining}.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.