續一切經音義 3.113

3.113

Pincers and tweezers (鉗鑷: the first character has the fanqie 儉 + 嚴; it should properly be written 鈷. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Iron tongs, an instrument for grasping objects." The sūtra text writes 鉗, which refers to an iron cangue for children. The second character has the fanqie 黏 + 輙; it should properly be written 銸. The Shuowen jiezi says: "She is also a small pincers." It takes the metal radical [金] with 耴 as phonetic; 耴 has the same sound as above. In the sūtra text, writing it with 聶 as 鑷 refers to an iron clamp beneath a carriage. Neither character fits the sūtra's meaning).