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GUILLOTINE
GUILLOTINE
ScnAdmin
a way of cutting off debate or discussion of a
bill
, as is customary in the
British Parliament
, by predetermining a
time
for ending or voting on it.
GUILLOTINE
ScnMaster
an
instrument
for beheading by means of a heavy blade
dropped
between two
grooved
uprights.
—
Science
of
Survival
Glossary (app 11.7.90)
GUILLOTINE
ScnTUEU
an
instrument
for beheading by means of a heavy blade
dropped
between two
grooved
uprights.
a
machine
for beheading persons by means of a heavy blade that slides down between two
grooved
posts.