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Scissure

//ˈsɪʃə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a long narrow cleft wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin scissura (“fissure”), from Latin scissurus (“about to split”), from scindo (“to split”).

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