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cisors |
1 definition 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.]
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