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Webster 1913 Edition

Scissure

Scis′sure

,
Noun.
[L.
scissura
, from
scindere
,
scissum
, to cut, split.]
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
Hammond.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scissure

SCIS'SURE

,
Noun.
[L. scissura, from scindo, to cut.]
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting. [This cannot legitimately be a crack, rent or fissure. In this use it may be an error of the press for fissure.

Definition 2024

scissure

scissure

English

Noun

scissure ‎(plural scissures)

  1. A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hammond to this entry?)

Italian

Noun

scissure f

  1. plural of scissura

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

scissūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of scissūrus

Etymology

Late Latin *scissura ‎(“fissure”) (compare Italian scissura), from Latin scissurus ‎(“about to split”), from scindo ‎(“I split”).

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