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Sickle
Sickle Sic"kle, n. [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.) 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.

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- Sickles may refer to: Carlton R. Sickles (1921–2004), American lawyer and congressman from Maryland Daniel Sickles (1819–1914), American politician and...
- United States history. In 1819, Sickles was born in New York City to Susan Marsh Sickles and George Garrett Sickles, a patent lawyer and politician....
- from these sickles have been discovered near Mt. Carmel, which suggest the harvesting of grains from the area about 10,000 years ago. The sickle had a profound...
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- Dan Sickles may refer to: Daniel Sickles (1819–1914) , American politician, soldier, and diplomat Dan Sickles (director), American do****entary film director...
- Carlton Ralph Sickles (June 15, 1921 – January 17, 2004) was an American lawyer and Congressman from Maryland's at-large congressional seat. Sickles was born...
- Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of inherited haemoglobin-related blood disorders. The most common type is known as...
- The hammer and sickle (Unicode: U+262D ☭ HAMMER AND SICKLE) is a communist symbol representing proletarian solidarity between industrial and agricultural...
- strip Wash Tubbs. Sickles initially illustrated the strip as a ghost artist, but he signed his own name after Terry's 1934 death. Sickles' artwork was much...
- man, Sickles is the second LGBT person elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia General ****embly (after Adam Ebbin). Sickles is one...