GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   Scythe , 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.]
   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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   (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
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   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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