Guilloche
(||Guil"loche`) n. [F. guillochis; — said to be fr. Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.] (Arch.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.

Guilloched
(Guil*loched") a. Waved or engine-turned. Mollett.

Guillotine
(Guil"lo*tine`) n. [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first Louison or Louisette. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.]

1. 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.

2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.

Guillotine
(Guil"lo*tine`) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.

Guilt
(Guilt) n. [OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime; probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS. gieldan to pay, E. yield. See Yield, v. t.]

1. The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right.

Satan had not answer, but stood struck
With guilt of his own sin.
Milton.

2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.

A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade.
Kent.

Guiltily
(Guilt"i*ly) adv. In a guilty manner.

Guiltiness
(Guilt"i*ness), n. The quality or state of being guilty.

Guiltless
(Guilt"less), a.

1. Free from guilt; innocent.

The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Ex. xx. 7.

2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted

Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude,
Guiltless of fire, had formed.
Milton.

Guilt"less*ly, adv.Guilt"less*ness, n.

Guilt-sick
(Guilt"-sick`) a. Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience." Beau. & Fl.

Guilty
(Guilt"y) a. [Compar. Gultier ; superl. Guiltiest.] [AS. gyltig liable. See Guilt.]

1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; — used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by


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