kissed by the maiden

kissed by the maiden
   obsolete Scottish
   judicially killed
   The maiden was a guillotine:
    [The Duke of Argyll) was taken to Edinburgh to be kissed by the Maiden. (Paterson, 1998 — it happened in June 1685)

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