What does "guillotine" mean?
Guillotine: Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
Additional senses
- 2.To behead with the guillotine.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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