Scissure
//ˈsɪʃə(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
"the soul is without any further act of violence forced out of its place , that it takes its flight home to heaven , being thus let out at the scissure, as at the window ; and only the two fragments of carcase remain behind"
- 2 a long narrow cleft wordnet
Example
More examples"the soul is without any further act of violence forced out of its place , that it takes its flight home to heaven , being thus let out at the scissure, as at the window ; and only the two fragments of carcase remain behind"
Etymology
From Late Latin scissura (“fissure”), from Latin scissurus (“about to split”), from scindo (“to split”).
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