v. t. To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ 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, split. ] 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
Scissors grinder (Zool.),
n. (Zool.) See Skimmer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. [ 1913 Webster ]