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sythe |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scythe \Scythe\ (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS s[=i][eth]e, sig[eth]e; akin to Icel. sig[eth]r 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. --Dryden. The scythe of Time mows down --Milton. 2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Syth \Syth\, Sythe \Sythe\, prep., adv., conj. & n. See {Sith}, {Sithe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sythe \Sythe\, n. Scythe. [Obs. or R.]
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