Meaning of Scissor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Attributive form of scissors.
   attributive, form-of
2. One blade on a pair of scissors.
   rare
3. Scissors.
   India
4. Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.

Equivalents

Examples

“I had clipped out the photo, feeling pathetic about the act from the moment I slipped my thumb into the scissor hole.”

“The records of the Cutlers’ Company of London (1624) refer to scissor-making in the city, although the quality of English-made scissors did not match that of continental scissors for another 100 years. A few English firms of scissor-makers, notably those of Beach, Macklin and Neesham, established a small but notable industry at Salisbury, Wilts, from the mid-17th century until the early 20th.”

“The doctor came over and peeled off the makeshift bandage, cleaned what he could and looked at it. / “Well, I know what I have to do.” He nodded at me and picked up a scissor-type tool. / “Oh, ho, ho! Don’t you do that; don’t do it; don’t you be cutting that thing off. You stitch it up. I need that finger to chord a guitar!””

“He put his two fingers in the scissor holes. He pulled a stray wisp of hair from the thick braid that reached her waist. The small scissors sheared right through it.”

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