[syn: scissors, scissors hold, scissor hold, scissor grip, scissors grip]
3. a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scissors \Scis"sors\, 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 pair of scissors. [Formerly written also cisors,
cizars, and scissars.]
[1913 Webster]
Scissors grinder (Zool.), the European goatsucker. [Prov.
Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scissors
n 1: an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades [syn:
scissors, pair of scissors]
2: a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the
opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
[syn: scissors, scissors hold, scissor hold, scissor
grip, scissors grip]
3: a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the
gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Scissors, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 2805
Housing Units (2000): 673
Land area (2000): 1.707375 sq. miles (4.422082 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.707375 sq. miles (4.422082 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66248
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 26.136871 N, 98.045308 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Scissors, TX
Scissors