What is an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Wharton called?
maiden — An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Wharton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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