scissel

noun

scis·​sel

ˈsisəl,

-izəl

plural -s

: metal scrap clippings left over in various mechanical operations

especially : the remnants of fillets from which coin blanks have been punched

Word History

Etymology

French cisailles, plural, scissels, from cisailler to clip with shears, from cisailles shears, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin caesaculum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, hew

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined above

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