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   Scythe (sīth), n. [OE. sithe, AS. sīðe, sigðe; akin to Icel. sigðr 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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    Syth (?), Sythe (?),  prep., adv., conj. & n. See Sith, Sithe. [Obs.]  Chaucer.  Piers Plowman.
   
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   Sythe (?), n. Scythe. [Obs. or R.]
   
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