An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
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.
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 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.
To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
A device used for slewing.
A large amount.
A change of position.
The act, or process of slewing.
A wet place; a river inlet.
To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
To rotate or turn something about its axis.
To pivot.
simple past tense of slay
To veer a vehicle.
To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
To skid.
To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.