Definition of Scythe
Pronunciation:
sīth
n.
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
.
- Drayton.
Whatever
thing
The
scythe
of
Time
mows
down
.
- Milton.
2.
(Antiq.)
A
scythe-shaped
blade
attached
to
ancient
war
chariots
.
v. t.
1.
To
cut
with
a
scythe
;
to
cut
off
as
with
a
scythe
;
to
mow
.
Time
had
not
scythed
all
that
youth
begun
.
- Shak.
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