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sythe


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Syth  \Syth\,  Sythe  \Sythe\,  prep.,  adv.,  conj.  &  n. 
  See  {Sith},  {Sithe}.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer.  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sythe  \Sythe\,  n. 
  Scythe.  [Obs.  or  R.]