Word Study
scissor
CIDE DICTIONARY
scissor, v. t.
To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scissor, v.tr.
1 (usu. foll. by off, up, into, etc.) cut with scissors.
2 (usu. foll. by out) clip out (a newspaper cutting etc.).
1 (usu. foll. by off, up, into, etc.) cut with scissors.
2 (usu. foll. by out) clip out (a newspaper cutting etc.).
THESAURUS
scissor
amputate, ax, bisect, butcher, carve, chop, cleave, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, dichotomize, dissever, excise, fissure, gash, hack, halve, hew, incise, jigsaw, lance, pare, prune, rend, rive, saw, sever, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, sunder, tear, whittleFor further exploring for "scissor" in Webster Dictionary Online