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sickle |
3 definitions found 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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