1) Burgun'dian. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...A Burgundian blow, i.e. decapitation. The Duc de Biron, who was put to death for treason by Henri IV., was told in his youth, by a fortune-teller, "to beware of a...
2) decapitate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates To cut off the head of; behead. Late Latin dcapitre, dcapitt- : Latin d-, de- + Latin caput, capit-,...
3) 2068. Michael Telling. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...chapel, I could have laid her down to rest and perhaps given her a cross. ATTRIBUTION: On decapitation, concealment and disposal of the body of his wife, London Times...
4) Denis, Saint. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Sent to minister to the Gauls as the first bishop of Paris, he suffered martyrdom by decapitation....
5) 972. Punishment. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...dragonnade. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, execution; hanging, shooting &c. v.; electrocution, decapitation, decollation, dismemberment; strangling, strangulation, garrote or...
6) George (St.) (g soft). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...(672-735), in his martyrology, says, "At last St. George truly finished his martyrdom by decapitation, although the gests of his passion are numbered among the apocryphal...
7) 11. The Chances for Success. Bok, Edward William. 1921. The Americanization
of Edward Bok
...of view, were either greatly overpaid or so entirely worthless as to be marked for early decapitation. 7 Bok felt that this constant thought of the wages earned or...
8) XXIII. 1909-14. Beowulf. The Harvard Classics
...the men looked on. 95 Note 1. After the killing of the monster and Grendel s decapitation. [back] Note 2. Hrothgar. [back] Note 3. The blade slowly dissolves in blood-stained...
9) §19. Matthew Paris. IX. Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the
Thirteenth Centuries. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance.
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia
in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...prince of Wales; the pope s dealings with foreign clerks in England; a great storm; the decapitation of certain robbers; war in Flanders; the burning of heretics...
10) Chapter 28. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit. § 1. The Whitsuntide Mummers.
Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough
...the King s robe of bark till it rings again. Then a gratuity is demanded. The ceremony of decapitation, which is here somewhat slurred over, is carried out with a...
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