To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
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 cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
To form into sheets.
Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
To trim a sail using a sheet.
A layer of veneer.
A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.
A sail.
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
A thin, flat layer of solid material.
A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.