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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades;
[syn: scissors, pair of scissors]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster] Scissors grinder (Zool.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pair of scissors n 1: an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades [syn: scissors, pair of scissors]