scissors

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scis⋅sors

[siz-erz]

–noun

1.	(used with a singular or plural verb) a cutting instrument for paper, cloth, etc., consisting of two blades, each having a ring-shaped handle, that are so pivoted together that their sharp edges work one against the other (often used with pair of).

2.	(used with a singular verb) Gymnastics. any of several feats in which the legs execute a scissorlike motion.

3.	(used with a singular verb) Wrestling. a hold secured by clasping the legs around the body or head of the opponent.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME cisoures, sisoures < MF cisoires < ML *cīsōria, pl. of LL cīsōrium cutting tool (see chisel ); current sp. by association with L scindere to cut (ptp. scīssus), ML scīssor tailor

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scis⋅sor

[siz-er]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to cut or clip out with scissors.

2.	to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge: testimony scissored from the record.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to move one's body or legs like the blades of scissors: a gymnast scissoring over the bar.

–noun

scissors.

Origin:
1605–15; v. use of sing. of scissors

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scis·sor (sĭz'ər)

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tr.v. scis·sored, scis·sor·ing, scis·sors
To cut or clip with scissors or shears.
n.

scissors (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A cutting implement consisting of two blades joined by a swivel pin that allows the cutting edges to be opened and closed.
scissors (used with a sing. verb) Sports
1. Any of various gymnastic exercises or jumps in which the movement of the legs suggests the opening and closing of scissors.
2. A scissors hold.

[From alteration (influenced by Latin scissor, cutter) of Middle English sisours, scissors, from Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria, from Late Latin, pl. of cīsōrium, cutting instrument, from Latin caesus, -cīsus, past participle of caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]

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Word Origin & History

scissors

c.1384, sisoures, from O.Fr. cisoires (pl.) "shears," from V.L. *cisoria (pl.) "cutting instrument," from *cisus (in compounds such as L. excisus, pp. of excidere "to cutout"), ult. from L. cædere "to cut." In Scotland, shears answers for all sizes; but in England generally that word is used only for those too large to be worked by one hand. Spelling with sc- is 16c., from influence of M.L. scissor "tailor," from L. "carver, cutter," from pp. stem of scindere "to split." Sense in wrestling is from 1904. The verb scissor "to cur with scissors" is recorded from 1612; in the wrestling sense it is attested from 1968.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: scis·sors
Pronunciation: 'siz-&rz
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: a cutting instrument having twoblades whose cutting edges slide past each other

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