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Guillotine
Guillotine Guil"lo*tine` (g[i^]l"l[-o]*t[=e]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.
Guillotine
Guillotine Guil"lo*tine` (g[i^]l`l[-o]*t[=e]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined; p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.
Guillotined
Guillotine Guil"lo*tine` (g[i^]l`l[-o]*t[=e]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined; p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.
Guillotining
Guillotine Guil"lo*tine` (g[i^]l`l[-o]*t[=e]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined; p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.

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- Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French: [ʒɔzɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on...
- While not the device's inventor, Guillotin's name ultimately became an eponym for it. Contrary to po****r myth, Guillotin did not die by guillotine but rather...
- (Misleadingly, Guillotin is often called the "inventor of the guillotine". The lyrics of La guillotine permanente say that Guillotin "made" the machine...
- season. 1787. Amid the decadence of the Ancien Régime, Joseph Ignace Guillotin is responsible for investigating mysterious murders. He then discovers...
- Pendennis, asks "Was not the good Dr Guillotin executed by his own neat invention?" In fact, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was neither the inventor of the guillotine...
- These included the chemist Antoine Lavoisier, the physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the astronomer Jean Sylvain Bailly, and Franklin. In doing so, the committee...
- Louis XVI, so upon the suggestion of one of their members Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the deputies congregated in a nearby indoor royal tennis court near the...
- years old and more than 9 meters in cir****ference: the chêne à Guillotin (the oak of Guillotin), located between Concoret and Tré****nteuc. According to a...
- 3390/su132111863. Chalabaev A, Sarrazin P, Fontayne P, Boiché J, Clément-Guillotin C (2013). "The influence of **** stereotypes and gender roles on parti****tion...
- teams included the chemist Antoine Lavoisier, the doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the astronomer Jean Sylvain Bailly, and the American amb****ador Benjamin...