guil·lo·tine /ɡiləˌtēn,ˈɡēəˌtēn/

[LunaSea]

noun
1.
a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
verb
verb: guillotine; 3rd person present: guillotines; past tense: guillotined; past participle: guillotined; gerund or present participle: guillotining
1.
execute (someone) by guillotine.

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[maveric]

1. I hate it when its mispronounced.

Just a thing with me.

[FakeNoose]

2. I'm getting mine polished up :-)

It hasn't been used for awhile.

[dalton99a]

3. Good ol' Louie

[OnDoutside]

4. The Republicans are like this

[Zoonart]

5. My DOTD mask To Die For

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[niyad]

6. heads will roll. . .

[ProudLib72]

7. It was originally developed as a more humane method of execution.

The origins of the French guillotine date back to late-1789, when Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed that the French government adopt a gentler method of execution. Although he was personally opposed to capital punishment, Guillotin argued that decapitation by a lightning-quick machine would be more humane and egalitarian than sword and axe beheadings, which were often botched. He later helped oversee the development of the first prototype, an imposing machine designed by French doctor Antoine Louis and built by a German harpsichord maker named Tobias Schmidt. The device claimed its first official victim in April 1792, and quickly became known as the “guillotine”—much to the horror of its supposed inventor. Guillotin tried to distance himself from the machine during the guillotine hysteria of the 1790s, and his family later unsuccessfully petitioned the French government to change its name in the early 19th century.

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-guillotine