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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

SCISSORS

noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English cisours, sisoures, from Middle French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *caesorium (singular) cutting instrument, from Latin caedere to cut
Date: 14th century
a cutting instrument having two blades whose cutting edges slide past each other,

2. a gymnastic feat in which the leg movements suggest the opening and closing of scissors, scissors hold