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forfex|ˈfɔːfɛks|
[a. L. forfex pair of scissors.]
1. Humorously pedantic. A pair of scissors.
1712–4Pope Rape Lock iii. 147 The peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide, To inclose the lock. 1837E. Howard Old Commod. II. iv. 95 With the glittering forfex in his hand the Doctor gave chase.
2. Ent. (See quot.)
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 391 Forfex (the Forfex). A pair of anal organs, which open or shut transversely, and cross each other. |