Pliers

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pliers \Pli"ers\, n. pl. [From {Ply} to bend, fold.]
     A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending
     or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects
     such as the parts of a watch, etc.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pliers
       n : a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually)
           serrated jaws [syn: {pair of pliers}, {plyers}]