pair of snuffers

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• snuffers — noun scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑scissors, ↑pair of scissors …   Useful english dictionary

• ísentange — f ( an/ an) snuffers, a pair of snuffers …   Old to modern English dictionary

• Emunctories — Emunctory E*munc to*ry, n.; pl. {Emunctories}. [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. [ e]monctoire, formerly spelled also [ e]monctoire.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• candeltwist — m ( es/ as) a pair of snuffers …   Old to modern English dictionary

• twist — [[t]twɪst[/t]] v. t. 1) to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine 2) to form by or as if by winding strands together 3) to entwine (one thing) with another 4) to wind or coil (something) about something else… …   From formal English to slang

• emunctory — /əˈmʌŋktəri/ (say uh mungktuhree) noun (plural emunctories) 1. a part or organ of the body, as the skin, a kidney, etc., carrying off waste products. –adjective 2. excretory. {New Latin, from Latin ēmunctōrium a pair of snuffers} …  

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