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scissel

[sis-uhl, siz-]

noun

  1. the remains of a strip from which coin blanks have been cut; clippings.



scissel

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. the waste metal left over from sheet metal after discs have been punched out of it

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scissel1

1615–25; < French cisaille, noun derivative of cisailler to clip. See chisel
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scissel1

C19: from French cisaille, from cisailler to clip
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Scissel, sis′el, n. the clippings of various metals: scrap—also Sciss′il.

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