Meanings
nounforfex (plural forfices)
plural forfices
- obsoleteA pair of shears.
the Classical forfices
1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopædia of Antiquities1 more example
The Peer now spreads the glitt'ring Forfex wide, T'inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.
1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto
Origin
- Latinforfex
- Englishforfex
Learned borrowing from Latin forfex.
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