SCYTHED

Verb

scythed

simple past tense and past participle of scythe

Adjective

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

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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