scithers n pl also scidders* [phonetics unavailable]. EDD ~ . Scissors; shears.
1965 Evening Telegram 21 Dec. p. 28 'Did your wife lend you them sharp scidders? She said she would.' P 148-65 He said that he had always heard [scissors] as if it were scithers. T 437/8-65 He chopped off so much with that and so much with the scithers. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 240 ~ Shears used for cutting the wool from a sheep.
