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HAIR SCISSORS [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hair scissors : an item in the "Toilet Articles" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

ciseaux à cheveux : objet de la classe «Articles de toilette» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A cutting movement used in thinning hair with the hair-cutting scissors by slithering the scissors up and down a strand of hair and at the same time slightly opening and closing the scissor blades to cut one or two hairs at a time, thus producing a tapered effect in the hair strand.

OBS

slithering: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

L'effilage par repoussage [...] Lorsque la quantité de cheveux que l'on désire effiler reste en main, repoussons en une fois les autres cheveux vers la racine. Procédons alors à l'effilage aux ciseaux droits [...]

OBS

effilage par repoussage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A pair of scissors designed for cutting either wet or dry hair.

OBS

haircutting scissors; haircutting shears: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Coiffure
CONT

Les ciseaux droits. Ils sont utilisés pour la coupe. La longueur varie de 10 cm à 18 cm. En coiffure pour hommes, on effectue un graduel au moyen des ciseaux droits de 18 cm.

OBS

ciseaux de coiffeur; ciseaux droits : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 1983-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
OBS

grooming of long-haired cats with a steel comb every day prevents the formation of matted hair(such hair mats are almost impossible to remove without cutting with scissors).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
OBS

si l'on omet de brosser ce long poil soyeux, il se feutre ou forme une multitude de trichomes (amas de poils entremêlés).

Spanish

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