Толковый словарь английского языка - scissors
Scissors
scissors
noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English cisours, sisoures, from Middle French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *caesorium (singular) cutting instrument, from Latin caedere to cut Date: 14th century a cutting instrument having two blades whose cutting edges slide past each other, 2. a gymnastic feat in which the leg movements suggest the opening and closing of ~, ~ hold
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n.pl. 1 (also pair of scissors sing.) an instrument for cutting fabric, paper, hair, etc., having two pivoted blades with finger and thumb holes in the handles, operating by closing on the material to be cut. 2 (treated as sing.) a a method of high-jumping with a forward and backward movement of the legs. b a hold in wrestling in which the opponent's body or esp. head is gripped between the legs. Phrases and idioms scissor-bill = SKIMMER 4. scissor-bird (or -tail) a fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus. scissors and paste a method of compiling a book, article, etc., from extracts from others or without independent research. Derivatives scissorwise adv. Etymology: ME sisoures f. OF cisoires f. LL cisoria pl. of cisorium cutting instrument (as CHISEL): assoc. with L scindere sciss- cut ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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