forfexn.
/ˈfɔːfɛks/ 1. Humorously pedantic. A pair of scissors.
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abscissor?a1425
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forcets1474
snippers1593
forfex1712
snipe1819
clipper1876
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 362 He first expands the glitt'ring Forfex wide T'inclose the Lock.
1837 E. Howard Old Commodore II. iv. 95 With the glittering forfex in his hand the Doctor gave chase.
2. Entomology. (See quot. 1826.)
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forfex1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 391 Forfex (the Forfex). A pair of anal organs, which open or shut transversely, and cross each other.
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