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forfex
/ ˈ´Úɔ˴ÚÉ›°ì²õ /
noun
- entomol a pair of pincers, esp the paired terminal appendages of an earwig
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of forfex1
Example Sentences
The wardrobe is echt Ottenberg: some fashion, including, notably, pieces from emerging and under-the-radar designers like Komakino and Forfex, but also heaps of well-worn vintage, much of it from close to home.
Forfex, fÅr′feks, n. a pair of scissors.
Hither came the fair Belinda—Arabella Fermor—to play that game of ombre which the poet was to make famous; and here, her triumph at cards achieved, she was taking coffee— “For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned The berries crackle and the mill turns roundâ€â€” when “the Peerâ€, Lord Petre, “spreads the glittering forfex wide†and snips off the lock of hair!
He first expands the glitt'ring forfex wide T' enclose the lock; then joins it, to divide; One fatal stroke the sacred hair does sever From the fair head, for ever, and for ever!
The Peer now spreads the glitt'ring Forfex wide, T' inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.
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