guil·lo·tine (g l  -t n , g-)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. guil·lo·tined, guil·lo·tin·ing, guil·lo·tines 1. To behead with a guillotine. 2. To cut with a guillotine or sharp blade. [French, after Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), French physician.] Word History: "At half past 12 the guillotine severed her head from her body." So reads the statement containing the first recorded use of guillotine in English, found in the Annual Register of 1793. Ironically, the guillotine, which became the most notable symbol of the excesses of the French Revolution, was named for a humanitarian physician, Joseph Ignace Guillotin. Guillotin, a member of the French Constituent Assembly, recommended in a speech to that body on October 10, 1789, that executions be performed by a beheading device rather than by hanging, the method used for commoners, or by the sword, reserved for the nobility. He argued that beheading by machine was quicker and less painful than the work of the rope and the sword. In 1791 the Assembly did indeed adopt beheading by machine as the state's preferred method of execution. A beheading device designed by Dr. Antoine Louis, secretary of the College of Surgeons, was first used on April 25, 1792, to execute a highwayman named Pelletier or Peletier. The device was called a louisette or louison after its inventor's name, but because of Guillotin's famous speech, his name became irrevocably associated with the machine. After Guillotin's death in 1814, his children tried unsuccessfully to get the device's name changed. When their efforts failed, they were allowed to change their name instead. |
guillotine
n [ˈgɪləˌtiːn]
1. (Law)
a. a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
b.
the guillotine execution by this instrument
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a device for cutting or trimming sheet material, such as paper or sheet metal, consisting of a blade inclined at a small angle that descends onto the sheet
3. (Medicine / Surgery) a surgical instrument for removing tonsils, growths in the throat, etc.
4. (Law / Parliamentary Procedure) Also called closure by compartment (in Parliament, etc.) a form of closure under which a bill is divided into compartments, groups of which must be completely dealt with each day
vb [ˌgɪləˈtiːn] (tr)
1. (Law) to behead (a person) by guillotine
2. (Law / Parliamentary Procedure) (in Parliament, etc.) to limit debate on (a bill, motion, etc.) by the guillotine
[from French, named after Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), French physician, who advocated its use in 1789]
guillotiner n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  guillotine - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill |
| 2. | guillotine - instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person | |
| Verb | 1. | guillotine - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country" behead, decapitate, decollate - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" |
Translations
guillotine
n
→ Guillotine f, → Fallbeil nt
(for paper) → (Papier)schneidemaschine f
(Parl) → Beschränkung f → der Diskussionszeit
vt
person → mit der Guillotine or dem Fallbeil hinrichten
paper → schneiden
(Parl) bill → die Diskussionszeit einschränken für
guillotine [gɪləˈtiːn] n → ghigliottina; (for paper) → taglierina
guillotine [gɪləˈtiːn] n → ghigliottina; (for paper) → taglierina
guillotine [gɪləˈtiːn] n → ghigliottina; (for paper) → taglierina
n guillotine [ˈgilətiːn]
1 in France, an instrument for cutting criminals' heads off. guillotine, valbyl مِقصَلَه гилотина gilotina guillotine die Guillotine γκιλοτίνα guillotina giljotiin گیوتین giljotiini guillotine גִיליוֹטִינָה गिलोटिन giljotina nyaktiló, guillotine gilotin fallöxi ghigliottina 断頭台 단두대 giljotina giljotīna gilotin; pemenggal kepala guillotine, valbijl falløks, giljotin gilotyna guilhotina ghilotină гильотина gilotína giljotina giljotina giljotin เครื่องประหารชีวิต giyotin 斷頭台 гільйотина گلاکاٹ مشین máy chém 断头台
2 a machine for cutting paper. snymasjien آلة قص الأوراق резачка řezačka skæremaskine die Papierschneidemaschine μηχανή κοπής σελίδων guillotina paberilõikur ماشین کاغذ بری paperileikkuri massicot גִיליוֹטִינָה कर्तन यंत्र rezač papira papírvágó gép pemotong kertas pappírsskeri tagliacarte 裁断機 (종이, 금속 등의) 재단기 pjaustomoji mašina papīra griežamā mašīna pemotong kertas papiersnijmachine skjæremaskin/-kniv krajarka guilhotina maşină de tăiat hârtie резальная машина rezačka stroj za obrezovanje papirja sekač papira skärmaskin เครื่องตัดกระดาษ giyotin, kâğıt kesme bıçağı 切紙機 машина для різання паперу کاغذ کاٹنے کی مشین máy xén 切纸机
v
to cut the head off (a person) or to cut (paper) with a guillotine. onthoof, afsny يَقْطَعُ رأس обезглавявам gilotinovat; seříznout, uříznout guillotinere; halshugge; skære guillotinieren αποκεφαλίζω, κόβω χαρτί guillotinar giljotineerima با گیوتین اعدام کردن؛ با دستگاه برش کاغذ بریدن mestata guillotiner; massicoter לַעֲרוֹף ראש בְּגִיליוֹטִינָה कर्तन करना giljotinirati lenyakaz memotong dengan gilotin (háls)-höggva; skera ghigliottinare ギロチンで首を切る 자르다 giljotinuoti, (su)pjaustyti giljotinēt memotong onthoofden; snijden giljotinere; beskjære (ś)ciąć guilhotinar a ghilotina; a tăia hârtie гильотинировать; обрезать sťať gilotínou obglaviti; obrezati papir odrubiti glavu giljotinera, skära ตัดหัวหรือกระดาษโดยใช้เครื่องมือคล้ายกิโยติน giyotinle idam etmek 斷頭，用切紙機切 гільйотинувати مشین سے کسی شخص کا سر یا کاغذ کاٹنا chém đầu; xén giấy 斩首, 处以斩刑；用切纸机切纸
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