scissel
(ˈsɪsəl)
Also 7 scizell, 9 sizel, scissil(e.
[a. F. cisaille ‘the clipping of coyne presently after the stampe’ (Cotgr. 1611), verbal noun from cisailler to clip with shears.]
(See quot. 1842.)
| 1622 Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 282 The wast of Copper, which commeth by melting of Bullion, remelting of the Brocage and Scizell, and by working, hammering, often nealing and blaunching of the moneys. 1834–6 Barlow in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 613/2 The remainder of the plate between the holes left by the blank was remelted again, under the denomination of sizel. 1842 Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Scissel, the clippings of various metals produced in several mechanical operations concerned in their manufacture. The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage are called scissel at the Mint. 1864 Chamb. Encycl. VI. 481/2 The scrap left after the blanks are cut out, called scissel, is sent back to be remelted. 1868 E. Seyd Bullion & Foreign Exch. 273 The perforated ribbons..called Scissel go back to the Melting Room. |