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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sickle \Sic"kle\, n. [OE. sikel, AS sicol; akin to D. sikkel
G. sichel, OHG. sihhila Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr
secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See {Saw} a cutting
instrument.]
1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved
into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a
tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as
always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf {Reaping
hook}, under {Reap}.
When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more
benefit from the sunshine. --Shak.
2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See
Illust. of {Leo}.
{Sickle pod} (Bot.), a kind of rock cress ({Arabis
Canadensis}) having very long curved pods.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sickle
n : an implement for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade
and a short handle [syn: {reaping hook}, {reap hook}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sickle
of the Egyptians resembled that in modern use The ears of corn
were cut with it near the top of the straw. There was also a
sickle used for warlike purposes, more correctly, however,
called a pruning-hook (Deut. 16:9; Jer. 50:16, marg., "scythe;"
Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29).
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