Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCIS-SORS, n. [plur. siz'zors. L. scissor, from scindo, to cut, Gr. σχιζω, Sax. sceadan.]

A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades movable on a pin in the center, by which they are fastened. Hence we usually say, a pair of scissors.