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 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 wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
Unmanufactured material; raw material.
A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
A basic or essential supply.
A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
A small pit.
A district granted to an abbey.
Place of supply; source.
The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
A recurring topic or character.
A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
Fit to be sold; marketable.
Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
To sort according to its staple.
To secure with a staple.