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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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