FOR'CEPS, noun [Latin] Literally, a pair of pinchers or tongs.
In surgery, an instrument for extracting any thing from a wound, and for like purposes.
A pair of scissors for cutting off or dividing the fleshy membranous parts of the body.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.