scissorius

scissorius [CL scissor+-ius] 1 (as adj.) of or concerned with cutting, (ars ~ia) tailor's craft. hic ‥ in arte ~ia famosissimus ‥ Londonie indutus est Eccleston Adv. Min. 19; 1491 magistrum et procuratores artis ~e StatOx 298; Londoniensis ‥ civis ‥ artis ~ie Mir. Hen. VI III 101. 2 (as sb. f. or n.) knife or board on which food is cut or carved, trencher. c1389 ij cissorie, j tankard Ac. Obed. Abingd. 57; vas in scissoriis non ponas ne reproberis Doctus dicetur 28; 1517 item xij ~ia Ac. Durh. 293; ~ia, trenchere WW; hoc sissorium, A. a trenchore WW; trenchour, secarium, ~ium CathA.

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