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Webster 1913 Edition


Scissure

Scis′sure

,
Noun.
[L.
scissura
, from
scindere
,
scissum
, to cut, split.]
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
Hammond.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scissure

SCIS'SURE

,
Noun.
[L. scissura, from scindo, to cut.]
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting. [This cannot legitimately be a crack, rent or fissure. In this use it may be an error of the press for fissure.