To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
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 which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
To open with a lancet; to pierce.
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
A lancet.
A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.