SCYTHE

scythe

(noun) 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

scythe

(verb) cut with a scythe; “scythe grass or grain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

scythe (plural scythes)

An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. [before 10th century]

(historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

(cartomancy) The tenth Lenormand card.

Verb

scythe (third-person singular simple present scythes, present participle scything, simple past and past participle scythed)

(intransitive) To use a scythe. [from 1570s]

(transitive) To cut with a scythe. [from 1570s]

(transitive) To cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [from 1590s]

(intransitive, figurative) To attack or injure as if cutting.

Anagrams

• Tyches, chesty

Source: Wiktionary


Scythe (sith), n. Etym: [OE. sithe, AS. si\'ebe, sigthe; akin to Icel. sigthr 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.)

Definition: A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

Scythe, v. t.

Definition: To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.] Time had not scythed all that youth begun. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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