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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scythe \Scythe\ (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[imac][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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sith \Sith\, Sithe \Sithe\, n. [AS. ??? a path, way, time,
     occasion.]
     Time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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           And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sithe \Sithe\, v. i. [Cf. {Sigh}.]
     To sigh.
  
     Note: [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sithe \Sithe\, n.
     A scythe. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sithe \Sithe\, v. t.
     To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
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