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/ˈgiləˌtēn/,/ˈgēə-/,
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guillotines, plural;
  1. Execute (someone) by guillotine

  2. (in parliament) End discussion by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate)

Noun
  1. A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people

  2. A device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal

  3. A surgical instrument with a sliding blade used typically for the removal of the tonsils

  4. (in parliament) A procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on
    • - a guillotine motion
  1. closure by compartment: closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
  2. kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"
  3. instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
  4. The guillotine (or) was a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consisted of a tall upright frame from which a blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, separating the head from the body. ...
  5. Guillotine was a 10-inch New Wave sampler released by Virgin Records, containing eight songs by some of Virgin's leading performers of the time.
  6. Guillotine is the debut studio album by Australian music collective British India, released on June 30, 2007. It reached #4 on the AIR Charts July 2007 and was selected as Triple J's Feature Album in that month and was also nominated for the 2007 J Awards. ...
  7. Guillotine is a card game created by Wizards of the Coast and designed by Paul Peterson. The game is set during the French Revolution, and was released on Bastille Day in 1998. The goal is to collect the heads of Nobles, accumulating points. ...
  8. The Guillotine is a magic trick where it appears that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person's neck without harming him/her.
  9. There are many types of shears used to shear sheet metal.
  10. (Guillotined) when an actor has gone above 'the tentpole' and their facial data cannot be recovered
  11. a manual or electronic paper cutter with a straight blade that raises and lowers with the downward action being the cutting portion of the cycle.
  12. a machine used to trim stacks of paper, which works like the original French guillotine worked. A cutting blade moves between two upright guides and slices the paper uniformly as it moves downward. see also trimming, trim size.
  13. International term for a machine equipped with a long heavy removable knife for trimming paper sheets with a downward slicing action.
  14. A provision in the rules which requires that the House reach a decision on a given matter by a particular date or at the end of a specified period of time;
  15. An implement of decapitation where a blade is raised on a series of tracks and then allowed to fall on a person's neck. Also a device for cutting paper or to cut with such a tool.
  16. the instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France at the period of the Revolution.
  17. In 1848, Guillaume Massiquot (1797 – 1870), a knife-maker from Issoudun, invents a machine with a blade for paper cutting. The machine, which was initially operated manually, was later motorised, then computerised.
  18. A blade carrying device used to cut newly split piece of cane to the proper length.  The cane is placed into a bed and the blade comes down on it.
  19. (lock) : its gates open by rising in high vertical grooves for boats to pass beneath.
  20. Parts are cut into individual pieces with equipment that uses a large blade to cut the final shape of the parts. Similar to “sheared” but multiple sheets are cut with greater speeds and accuracy due to the automated nature of the equipment.
  21. [gil uh tEEn, gEE uh-, giluh tEEn, gEEuh-] Introduced as a method of humane execution; utilized to execute thousands during the most radical phase of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror. (p. 700)
  22. To dream you are being executed in a guillotine is not quite as morbid as it may sound. It is in fact a subconscious urge to travel. Your brain is literally telling you it wants to 'head off' somewhere.
  23. A bench tool for cutting sheet metal. The sheet is pulled in by two adjustable rollers (one above and the other below) as the tool cuts the metal in either a straight line or a curve as desired.
  24. A single or double blade cigar cutter with the blades mounted in a sliding mechanism and a round hold in which to secure the cap for cutting..
  25. Gibbet is also the name used for an early form of the guillotine, employed in Ireland, England and Scotland. The British Museum has a drawing depicting the execution of one Murcod Ballagh in 1307 in Ireland.