scissel
noun
scis·sel
ˈsisəl,
-izəl
plural -s
: metal scrap clippings left over in various mechanical operations
especially : the remnants of fillets from which coin blanks have been punched
Word History
Etymology
French cisailles, plural, scissels, from cisailler to clip with shears, from cisailles shears, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin caesaculum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, hew
First Known Use
1622, in the meaning defined above
- public knowledge
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- public speaker
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