Sythe

3 definitions found

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]:

  Syth \Syth\, Sythe \Sythe\, prep., adv., conj. & n.
     See {Sith}, {Sithe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sythe \Sythe\, n.
     Scythe. [Obs. or R.]
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