"forfex" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin forfex",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin forfex.",
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      "form": "forfices",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:",
          "text": "The Peer now spreads the glitt'ring Forfex wide,\nT'inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.",
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        "A pair of shears."
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        "(obsolete) A pair of shears."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːɹfɛks/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfex"
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        "A pair of shears."
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        "(obsolete) A pair of shears."
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