To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
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A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.
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To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
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The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
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See Closure, 5.
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To cut off the head of; to behead.
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To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.
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