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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scythe
scythe
n : 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
v : cut with a scythe;
“scythe grass or grain”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scythe
Scythe
\Scythe\ (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[=i][eth]e,
sig[eth]e; akin to Icel. sig[eth]r 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.
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The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass.
--Drayton.
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Whatever thing
The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton.
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2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war
chariots.
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Scythe
\Scythe\, v. t.
To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
[Obs.]
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Time had not scythed all that youth begun. --Shak.
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