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scissors

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scissors  \Scis"sors\,  n.  pl  [OE.  sisoures  OF  cisoires  (cf.  F. 
  ciseaux),  probably  fr  LL  cisorium  a  cutting  instrument,  fr 
  L.  caedere  to  cut.  Cf  {Chisel},  {Concise}.  The  modern 
  spelling  is  due  to  a  mistaken  derivation  from  L.  scissor  one 
  who  cleaves  or  divides,  fr  scindere  scissum  to  cut, 
  split.] 
  A  cutting  instrument  resembling  shears,  but  smaller, 
  consisting  of  two  cutting  blades  with  handles,  movable  on  a 
  pin  in  the  center,  by  which  they  are  held  together.  Often 
  called  a  {pair  of  scissors}.  [Formerly  written  also  {cisors}, 
  {cizars},  and  {scissars}.] 
 
  {Scissors  grinder}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  European  goatsucker. 
  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Probe  \Probe\,  n.  (Surg.) 
  An  instrument  for  examining  the  depth  or  other  circumstances 
  of  a  wound,  ulcer,  or  cavity,  or  the  direction  of  a  sinus,  of 
  for  exploring  for  bullets,  for  stones  in  the  bladder,  etc 
  --Parr. 
 
  {Probe},  or  {Probe-pointed},  {scissors}  (Surg.),  scissors 
  used  to  open  wounds,  the  blade  of  which  to  be  thrust  into 
  the  orifice,  has  a  button  at  the  end  --Wiseman. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scissors 
  n  1:  a  cutting  implement  having  two  crossed  pivoting  blades  [syn: 
  {pair  of  scissors}] 
  2:  a  wrestling  hold  in  which  you  wrap  your  legs  around  the 
  opponents  body  and  put  your  feet  together  and  squeeze 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Scissors,  TX  (CDP,  FIPS  66248) 
  Location:  26.13001  N,  98.05157  W 
  Population  (1990):  1513  (346  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water)




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