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)

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

Translations

metal scraps or clippings

• Finnish: jätemetalli