Scissors
Scissors , noun, plural
[Old English sisoures, Old French cisoires (compare French ciseaux), probably from Late Latin cisorium a cutting instrument, from Latin caedere to cut. Compare Chisel, Concise. The modern spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from Latin scissor one who cleaves or divides, from 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.
Collocations (1)
Scissors grinder (Zoology) , the European goatsucker. [Provincial English]