In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
scythed
simple past tense and past participle of scythe
scythed (not comparable)
Armed with scythes.
Chariots scythed, on thundering axles rolled.
Source: Wiktionary
Scythed, a.
Definition: Armed scythes, as a chariot. Chariots scythed, On thundering axles rolled. Glover.
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
7 March 2025
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.