Scissors

(sĭz'zurz), n. pl. [Lat. scissor, one who cleaves or divides, from scindere, scissum, to cut, split; O. Fr. cisoíres, bench-shears, N. Fr. ciseaux, scissors, from Lat. cædere, cæsum, to cut.] A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades movable on a pin in the center, by which they are fastened. [Formerly written also cisors, cizars, and scissors.]