scise
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈsaɪz/
Definition of scise
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive, obsolete)To cut; to penetrate.
“The wicked steel scised deep in his right side.”
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verb
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(intransitive, obsolete)To cut; to penetrate.
“The wicked steel scised deep in his right side.”
noun
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(India, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of sais (servant responsible for horses)
“We proceeded about half-a-mile very well; but the night was so wet, that our humanity induced us to make the scise get up on the foot-board.”
“"My horse! my horse!" cried he—and as he patted his war neck, the scise saw the fire of his tear-starred eye and trembled.”
“The bearer and the scise ( Sic ) , when they returned , came to the place where I was , and laid hold of Mr. Ducarell .”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin scindere, scissum (“to cut, split”); form influenced by the unrelated excise.
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