English Dictionary: scythe | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for scythe | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scythe \Scythe\ (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[c6][eb]e, sig[eb]e; akin to Icel. sig[eb]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]: | |
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. |