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scissel

American  
[sis-uhl, siz-] / ˈsɪs əl, ˈsɪz- /

noun

  1. the remains of a strip from which coin blanks have been cut; clippings.

scissel British  
/ ˈsɪsəl /

noun

  1. the waste metal left over from sheet metal after discs have been punched out of it

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Etymology

Origin of scissel

1615–25; < French cisaille, noun derivative of cisailler to clip. See chisel

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Scissel, sis′el, n. the clippings of various metals: scrap—also Sciss′il.

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