decollatorn.1
/ˈdiːkɒleɪtə/ 1. One who decollates; a decapitator.
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1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 522 The Sans-culottes..would have raised you by acclamation to the dignity of Decollator of the royal family.
2. Surgery. An obstetric instrument for performing decollation of the fœtus; a decapitator.
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1871 R. Barnes Lect. Obstetr. Oper. 217–8 If Braun's decollator be used the movement employed is rotatory from right to left.
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decollatorn.2
/diːkəˈleɪtə//ˈdɛkəleɪtə/ A piece of office machinery which separates sheets of paper, esp. multi-part continuous stationery, into different piles.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > machine separating sheets into piles
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1978 Computer Users' Handbk. 490/1 (heading) Continuous stationery, decollators.
1980 Daily Tel. 23 Apr. 3 (advt.) Filing cabinets..bursters, decollators and forms handling equipment.
1983 Dict. Computing 101/1 Decollator, a machine that can process multicopy printed output into separate stacks of copy and used carbon paper.
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