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Definition of Scythe

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. The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. --Dryden. The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton. 2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Scythe
Scythe Scythe, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.] Time had not scythed all that youth begun. --Shak.

Meaning of Scythe from wikipedia

- A scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing gr**** or reaping crops. It has largely been replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is...
- A scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing gr**** or reaping crops. Scythe or scythes may also refer to: Scythes, an ancient Sicilian tyrant Scythe...
- Scythe is a 2016 young-adult novel by Neal Shusterman and is the first in the Arc of a Scythe series. It is set in the far ****ure, where death by natural...
- A war scythe or military scythe is a form of pole weapon with a curving single-edged blade with the cutting edge on the concave side of the blade. Its...
- The scythe sword (Sensenschwert) was a type of single-edged sword of the German Renaissance, related to the Dussack. It consisted of the blade of a scythe...
- Scythe is a board game for 1 to 5 players designed by Jamey Stegmaier and published by Stonemaier Games in 2016. Set in an alternate history 1920s Europe...
- The Scythe of Time may refer to: a humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, later published as "A Predicament" "Scythe of Time," a track on Grave Digger's...
- The scythed chariot was a war chariot with scythe blades mounted on each side. It was emplo**** in ancient times. The scythed chariot was a modified war...
- The Allen Scythe, sometimes called the Allen Power Scythe, is a petrol-powered finger-bar mower. It was made from 1935 until 1973 by John Allen and Sons...
- his Maggia contacts, he contacted the Tinkerer to provide him with his scythe weapon, which was further enhanced by Ultron with coma-inducing abilities...
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