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Definition of Pair of scissors
1. Noun. An edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades.
Terms within: Blade
Specialized synonyms: Clipper, Shears, Snuffers
Generic synonyms: Compound Lever, Edge Tool
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pair Of Scissors
Literary usage of Pair of scissors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1884)
"337 ) as close to the margin of the cornea as possible, and a small opening made
through it by means of a rather blunt-pointed pair of scissors ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1881)
"Why, you see," said Holman, " Mother had been for a long time wishing the Old
Red Rover would come around, for every pair of scissors in the house was as ..."
3. First Steps in Mental Growth: A Series of Studies in the Psychology of Infancy by David R. Major (1906)
"Learning to use a pair of scissors. — In the last week of the twenty-sixth month
I tried to teach R. to use a pair of scissors. ..."
4. First Steps in Mental Growth: A Series of Studies in the Psychology of Infancy by David R. Major (1906)
"Learning to use a pair of scissors. — In the last week of the twenty-sixth month
I tried to teach R. to use a pair of scissors. ..."
5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1851)
"What would they have thought if some one had stepped up with a pair of scissors,
and cut half a yard from the ribbon on their hats, merely because it was ..."
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