Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FOR'CEPS
FOR'CEPS, n. [L.]
Literally, a pair of pinchers or tongs. In surgery, an instrument for extracting any thing from a wound, and for like purposes. Quincy. A pair of scissors for cutting off or dividing the fleshy membranous parts of the body. Encyc.
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