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SICKLED
Etymology 1
Adjective
sickled (not comparable)
Furnished or provided with a sickle.
Etymology 2
Verb
sickled
past participle of sickle
Anagrams
• slicked
Source: Wiktionary
Sic"kled, a.
Definition: Furnished with a sickle.
SICKLE
Sic"kle, n. Etym: [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting instrument.]
1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. Shak.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very long curved pods.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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