English-Thai Dictionary

scissors

N กรรไกร  ตะไกร  shears pair of shears cutting instrument kan-kai

 

scissorstail

N นก จับ แมลง จำพวก มี หาง เป็น รูป ขากรรไกร 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCISSORS

n.siz'zors, plu. [L. scissor, from scindo, to cut, Gr. ] A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades movable on a pin in the center, by which they are fastened. Hence we usually say, a pair of scissors.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCISSORS

Scis "sors, n. pl. Etym: [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F. ciseaux ),probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr. L. caedere to cut. Cf. Chisel, Concise. The modern spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, spilt. ]

 

Defn: 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. [Formerly written also cisors, cizars, and scissars.] Scissors grinder (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

SCISSORSBILL

SCISSORSBILL Scis "sors *bill `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: See Skimmer.

 

SCISSORSTAIL

SCISSORSTAIL Scis "sors *tail `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus ) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.

 

SCISSORS-TAILED

SCISSORS-TAILED Scis "sors-tailed `, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scissors

scis sors |ˈsizərz ˈsɪzərz |(also a pair of scissors ) ▶plural noun an instrument used for cutting cloth, paper, and other thin material, consisting of two blades laid one on top of the other and fastened in the middle so as to allow them to be opened and closed by a thumb and finger inserted through rings on the end of their handles. • (also scissor ) [ often as modifier ] an action in which two things cross each other or open and close like the blades of a pair of scissors: as the fish swims, the tail lobes open and close in a slight scissor action. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French cisoires, from late Latin cisoria, plural of cisorium ‘cutting instrument, ’ from cis-, variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut. ’ The spelling with sc- (16th cent. ) was by association with the Latin stem sciss- ‘cut. ’

 

scissors and paste

scis sors and paste ▶noun & verb another term for cut and paste.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scissors

scissors |ˈsɪzəz |(also a pair of scissors ) ▶plural noun an instrument used for cutting cloth, paper, and other material, consisting of two blades laid one on top of the other and fastened in the middle so as to allow them to be opened and closed by a thumb and finger inserted through rings on the end of their handles. • (also scissor ) [ as modifier ] denoting an action in which two things cross each other or open and close like the blades of a pair of scissors: as the fish swims the tail lobes open and close in a slight scissor action. • Rugby a tactical move in which a player running diagonally takes the ball from a teammate and changes the direction of the attack, or feints to do so. PHRASES scissors and paste another term for cut and paste (see cut ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French cisoires, from late Latin cisoria, plural of cisorium ‘cutting instrument ’, from cis-, variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut ’. The spelling with sc- (16th cent. ) was by association with the Latin stem sciss- ‘cut ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scissors

scis sors /sɪ́zə r z / (! sci-は /sɪ /) 〖語源は 「切る道具 」〗名詞 〖複数扱い 〗1 はさみ ▸ cut with a pair of scissors はさみで切る (!╳ a scissorsとしない; 刃の部分はblade (s ); 単数形scissorは 名詞 の前で形容詞的に用いる ) .2 〘スポーツ 〙〖単数形で 〗(レスリングの )はさみ締め .

 

scissors-and-paste

sc ì ssors-and-p á ste 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗のりとはさみで編集した ; (資料の寄せ集めで )独自性のない .