<P> During the span of its usage, the French guillotine has gone by many names, some of which include these: </P> <Ul> <Li> La Monte - à - regret (The Regretful Climb) </Li> <Li> Le Rasoir National (The National Razor) </Li> <Li> Le Vasistas or La Lucarne (The Fanlight) </Li> <Li> La Veuve (The Widow) </Li> <Li> Le Moulin à Silence (The Silence Mill) </Li> <Li> Louisette or Louison (from the name of prototype designer Antoine Louis) </Li> <Li> Madame La Guillotine </Li> <Li> Mirabelle (from the name of Mirabeau) </Li> <Li> La Bécane (The Machine) </Li> <Li> Le Massicot (The Cutter) </Li> <Li> La Cravate à Capet (Capet's Necktie, Capet being Louis XVI) </Li> <Li> La Raccourcisseuse Patriotique (The Patriotic Shortener) </Li> <Li> La demi - lune (The Half - Moon) </Li> <Li> Les Bois de Justice (Woods of Justice) </Li> <Li> La Bascule à Charlot (Charlot's Rocking - chair) </Li> <Li> Le Prix Goncourt des Assassins (The Goncourt Prize for Murderers) </Li> </Ul> <Li> La Monte - à - regret (The Regretful Climb) </Li> <Li> Le Rasoir National (The National Razor) </Li>

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