the blade of the guillotine

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• Guillotine — The guillotine ( ] Although Guillotin did not actually contribute to the machine’s design, it was his name that it would carry throughout history, thanks to a comic song about Guillotin and his proposal which appeared in the Royalist periodical,… …   Wikipedia

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• Guillotine — A machine used during (and after) the French Revolution for beheading people condemned to death, by means of a heavy sharp blade that slid down within vertical guides. By extension, guillotine refers to any shearing machine or instrument (such as …   Medical dictionary

• guillotine — /gil euh teen , gee euh /; esp. for v. /gil euh teen , gee euh /, n., v., guillotined, guillotining. n. 1. a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the… …   Universalium

• Guillotine (magic trick) — This trick makes it seem that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person s neck without harming him/her.MethodThis trick involves two blades. The blades are positioned at 90 degree angles, perpendicular to each other. The blade that falls… …   Wikipedia

• guillotine — guil·lo·tine (gĭl’ə tēn′, gē’ə ) n. 1) A device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead a person condemned to die. 2) An instrument, such as a paper cutter, similar in action to a guillotine. tr.v.… …   Word Histories

• guillotine — noun /ˈgɪlətin / (say giluhteen) 1. a machine for beheading persons by means of a heavy blade falling in two grooved posts. 2. a surgical instrument for cutting the tonsils. 3. a device incorporating a long blade for trimming paper. 4.… …  

• guillotine — [[t]gɪ̱lətiːn[/t]] guillotines, guillotining, guillotined 1) N COUNT: also by N A guillotine is a device used to execute people, especially in France in the past. A sharp blade was raised up on a frame and dropped onto the person s neck. One… …   English dictionary

• guillotine — guil•lo•tine art at guild [[t]ˈgɪl əˌtin, ˈgi ə [/t]] esp. for v. [[t]ˌgɪl əˈtin, ˌgi ə [/t]] n. v. tined, tin•ing 1) a device for beheading a person, consisting of a heavy blade that drops between two posts serving to guide its fall 2) pri any… …   From formal English to slang

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