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Scythe
Scythe
(sīth)
, Noun.
[OE.
sithe
, AS. sīðe, sigðe
; akin to Icel. sigðr
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.
The sharp-edged
scythe
shears up the spiring grass. Drayton.
Whatever thing
The
The
scythe
of Time mows down. Milton.
2.
(Antiq.)
A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Scythe
,Verb.
T.
To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
[Obs.]
Time had not
scythed
all that youth begun. Shakespeare