scissel

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/ˈsɪsəl//ˈsɪzəl/

noun

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

OriginFrench cisailles ← Latin caesaculum →
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Meanings

nounscissel (countable and uncountable, plural scissels)

plural scissels · alternative sizel · alternative scissil

  1. archaiccountableuncountableMetal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.

Origin

  1. Latincaesaculum
  2. Frenchcisailles“scissels”
  3. Englishscissel

From French cisailles (“scissels”), from cisailler (“to clip with shears”), from cisailles (“scissors”), from Latin caesaculum, from caesus, from caedere (“to cut, hew”).

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Translations

Finnish jätemetalli
  • jätemetallimetal scraps or clippings
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APA

scissel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissel

MLA

“scissel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scissel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissel.

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