Definition of scissor
: scissors
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Huddled over a battered pair of scales, Aye Aye Thein estimates the price of hair by its feel and a simple scrape of the bundle with an open scissor arm to test for firmness and smoothness.
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Use kitchen shears or scissors to cut the pointy tops off the remaining outer layer of leaves.
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Hospitals routinely sterilize tools such as scalpels and scissors, then use them again.
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The violence went on for hours, including punches, kicks, attacks with scissors and a candelabra, and even waterboarding, according to court documents.
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So off those lashes went, with a few swift chops from a pair of child-sized scissors.
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Gilead June sported a highlighted lob, so her two actions with the scissor function as an identity reclamation.
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The split was so deep that in middle school, Nikolas Cruz slept with scissors and knives, apparently fearful of his brother, their adoptive mother told a psychiatrist.
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The white-haired cowboy removes his hat, hikes up his Wranglers, scissors over one iron bar, and ducks under the next.
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First Known Use of scissor
15th century
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Arctic Ivanoff placed second in the boys scissor broad jump and finished fourth in both the two-foot high kick and the one-hand reach.
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Without any option other than letting the forward through or cutting him down, the 28-year-old opted for the latter; scissoring his opponent as the last man and bringing him to ground after only nine seconds.
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The Bruins hope to scissor their six-game losing streak in the series with Oregon.
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Berrios rarely found himself in trouble scissoring through the daunting lineups of Cleveland, Colorado and Baltimore in his three wins.
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First Known Use of scissor
circa 1625
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