scissel

English

Alternative forms

sizel, scissil

Etymology

From French cisailles (“scissels”), from cisailler (“to clip with shears”), from cisailles (“scissors”), from Latin caesaculum, from caesus, from caedere (“to cut, hew”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪsəl/, /ˈsɪzəl/

Noun

scissel (countable and uncountable, plural scissels)

(archaic) Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.

Translations

metal scraps or clippings

Finnish: jätemetalli

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