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Webster 1913 Edition

Scissel

Scis′sel

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Scissile
.]
1.
The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.
2.
The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.

Definition 2024

scissel

scissel

English

Noun

scissel ‎(plural scissels)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪsəl/, /ˈsɪzəl/

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