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"text": "1832, Review of The Etymological Encyclopœdia by D. J. Browne, The New-England Magazine, Volume 3, September, 1832, p. 256,\nThe public are no longer excluded from the beauties of Science, if there is any virtue in 257 pages of etymology, scissored from “the best authorities.”"
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"text": "1938, Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow,” Part Three, in The Simple Art of Murder, Houghton Mifflin, 1950,\nShe lay on her side on the floor under the bed, long legs scissored out as if in running."
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"ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 140",
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"ref": "1978, Edmund White, chapter 5, in Nocturnes for the King of Naples, Penguin, published 1980, page 67",
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"ref": "1989, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 9, in Homesick, New York: Ticknor & Fields, published 1990, page 139",
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"en:Sex"
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"glosses": [
"To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other."
],
"links": [
[
"sex",
"sex"
],
[
"scissoring",
"scissoring"
],
[
"tribadism",
"tribadism"
],
[
"women",
"women"
],
[
"intertwine",
"intertwine"
],
[
"vulva",
"vulva"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"sex",
"sexuality"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Skating"
],
"glosses": [
"To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other."
],
"links": [
[
"skating",
"skating#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(skating) To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"skating",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɪzə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɪzɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪzə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scissor.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scissor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scissor.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scissor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scissor.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "scissors"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bth",
"lang": "Biatah Bidayuh",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "gutin"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "reža s nožica",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "режа с ножица"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "knippen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "saksia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "leikata saksilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "couper aux ciseaux"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "trosquiar"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psalidízo",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "ψαλιδίζω"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "cizagar"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "menggunting"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "kutikuti"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "klippe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "klippa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "saxa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "makasla kesmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cut using scissors",
"word": "kayırtmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izrjazvam",
"sense": "to excise from text",
"word": "изрязвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to excise from text",
"word": "saksia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to excise from text",
"word": "leikata"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perikópto",
"sense": "to excise from text",
"word": "περικόπτω"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move something like a pair of scissors",
"word": "saksata"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move something like a pair of scissors",
"word": "ollózik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage in scissoring, a sexual act",
"word": "saksittaa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in scissoring, a sexual act",
"word": "hacer la tijereta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in scissoring, a sexual act",
"word": "hacer la tijera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to engage in scissoring, a sexual act",
"word": "saxa"
}
],
"word": "scissor"
}
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