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louison

louison


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.