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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scythe \scythe\, v. t.
   to cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
   obs.
   1913 webster

         time had not scythed all that youth begun. --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scythe \scythe\ simacth, n. oe. sithe, as. simacethe,
   sigethe; akin to icel. sigethr a sickle, lg. segd, seged,
   seed, seid, ohg. segansa sickle, scythe, g. sense scythe, and
   to e. saw a cutting instrument. see saw. written also
   sithe and sythe.
   1. an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by
      hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp
      edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is
      bent into a form convenient for use.
      1913 webster

            the sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass.
                                                  --drayton.
      1913 webster

            whatever thing
            the scythe of time mows down.         --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. antiq. a scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war
      chariots.
      1913 webster
see also:
saw sithe sythe 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
scythe
     n : an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must
         be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves
         parallel to the ground
     v : cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain"


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