English Explanatory Dictionary

scissel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪsəl/ /ˈsɪzəl/

Word forms

scissel scissels sizel scissil

Etymology

From French cisailles (“scissels”), from cisailler (“to clip with shears”), from cisailles (“scissors”), from Latin caesaculum, from caesus, from caedere (“to cut, hew”).

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