What is "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.

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.

"The name of the machine in which the axe descends in grooves from a considerable height so that the stroke is certain and the head instantly severed from the body." ["Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure," January 1793], 1791, from French guillotine, named in recognition of French physician Joseph Guillotin (1738-1814), who as deputy to the National Assembly (1789) proposed, for humanitarian and efficiency reasons, that capital punishment be carried out by beheading quickly and cleanly on a machine, which was built in 1791 and first used the next year. The verb is first attested 1794. Related: Guillotined; guillotining.\n

n. 1 A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade. 2 A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform. 3 A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine. 2 (context transitive English) To end discussion on a parliamentary bill by invoking cloture.

1. n. closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill [syn: closure by compartment]

2. instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people

3. v. kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

A guillotine (; ) is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. The condemned person is secured with stocks at the bottom of the frame, positioning the neck directly below the blade. The blade is then released, to fall swiftly and forcefully decapitating the victim with a single pass and the head fell into a basket below.

The device is best known for its use in France, in particular during the French Revolution, where it was celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents. The name dates from this period, but similar devices had been used elsewhere in Europe over several centuries.

The guillotine continued to be used long after the Revolution and remained France's standard method of judicial execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. The last person to be executed in France was Hamida Djandoubi, who was executed by the guillotine on 10 September 1977.

Guillotine is a card game created by Wizards of the Coast and designed by Paul Peterson. The game is set during the French Revolution, and was released on Bastille Day in 1998. The goal is to collect the heads of Nobles, accumulating points. Despite the grim topic of the game, the artwork is comical and the tone light.

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Guillotine won the 1998 Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game.

The Guillotine is a magic trick where it appears that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person's neck without harming them. Variations on the theme have been performed for hundreds of years, with documented examples appearing in print in the 16th century. The most common modern variation is the finger gullotine or finger chopper, a pocked-sized version that appears to chop off the magician's finger.

Guillotine is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock band British India, released on 30 June 2007. It reached #4 on the AIR Charts July 2007 and was selected as Triple J's Feature Album in that month and was also nominated for the 2007 J Awards. Also that year it won the AIR Award for "Best Independent Release."

The Guillotine, is an amateur wrestling move named after the decapitation device. It was developed in the 1920s by Cornell 1928 NCAA champion Ralph Leander Lupton. It is mostly taught in high schools. It is a pinning move that is deployed from upper referee position. It uses pain to force an opponent to go to their back. It is a combination of leg riding and an open side hook. In mixed martial arts and submission grappling, it is sometimes referred to as the Twister and has been taught extensively by Eddie Bravo in his 10th planet jiu-jitsu system.

A guillotine is a device for carrying out executions by decapitation, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

Guillotine or Guillotines may also refer to:

• Guillotine, a parliamentary procedure used to set finite debating times for a particular bill or to bring protracted debates to a close, see Cloture
• Guillotine choke, a martial arts chokehold
• Guillotine (wrestling), a spinal lock. Also known as the twister in many martial arts as to not cause confusion with the guillotine choke
• Guillotine (game), a card game
• Guillotine (magic trick), a magic trick where it appears that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person's neck without harming him/her
• Guillotine press-up, where the chest, head, and neck are lowered below the plane of the hands
• Guillotine (band) an Indian Metal band
• Guillotine (comics) a fictional character from Marvel comics

Guillotine is the fourteenth album by the Finnish experimental rock band Circle.

First released on CD in 2003 by Ektro Records, it was re-issued in North America by Scratch Records in 2005. It was the first album with the four-piece line-up which has formed the core of the band on every release since, although the co-producer Aki Peltonen plays guitar on "Salar Opi". Although the band's trade mark repetition features heavily on the longer tracks, many of the shorter pieces are abstract.''

Guillotine is a progressive metal band from Delhi. They play melodies ranging from blues, jazz to death metal. The band has released an album The Cynic in 2010. They indicate that their original tracks are basically a part of a three tier concept of a man's realisation of the hollowness of religious faith. The Cynic is a concept album about a man who is an atheist and frustrated by the fact that religion has taken over society.

Guillotine Won first prize at the coveted Rocktaves held at BITS, Pilani in the year 2009.

At the annual National Rock Contest held in Nagaland in the Hornbill Festival in 2010, Guillotine won the second prize. And Akshat Taneja winning the best keyboard player award.

After a nationwide competition, Guillotine were chosen to open for Metallica in Gurgaon. After the Gurgaon show was cancelled, they opened the Rock 'N India 2011 show along with Inner Sanctum and Scottish Band Biffy Clyro for Metallica on 30 October 2011.

They list Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Pain of Salvation, Guthrie Govan, Pink Floyd, Steve Vai, Greg Howe, Deep Purple are among their major influences.

Guillotine is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Guido Parish and starring Willy Fritsch, Marcella Albani and Hans Albers.

Guillotine or Jeannine Sauvage is a fictional mystic character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was born of a mixed French-Algerian heritage and is the latest in her bloodline to inherit "La Fleur du Mal", a mystical sword with dark supernatural powers.