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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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