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forfex

/ ˈɔːɛ /

noun

  1. entomol a pair of pincers, esp the paired terminal appendages of an earwig
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of forfex1

C18: Latin: a pair of scissors
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Example Sentences

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The wardrobe is echt Ottenberg: some fashion, including, notably, pieces from emerging and under-the-radar designers like Komakino and Forfex, but also heaps of well-worn vintage, much of it from close to home.

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Forfex, fōr′feks, n. a pair of scissors.

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Hither came the fair Belinda—Arabella Fermor—to play that game of ombre which the poet was to make famous; and here, her triumph at cards achieved, she was taking coffee— “For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned The berries crackle and the mill turns round”— when “the Peer”, Lord Petre, “spreads the glittering forfex wide” and snips off the lock of hair!

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He first expands the glitt'ring forfex wide T' enclose the lock; then joins it, to divide; One fatal stroke the sacred hair does sever From the fair head, for ever, and for ever!

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The Peer now spreads the glitt'ring Forfex wide, T' inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.

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