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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scythe \Scythe\ (s[imac]th), noun [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. --Drayton.
Whatever thing The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton.
2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Syth \Syth\, Sythe \Sythe\, preposition , adverb, conj. & n. See {Sith}, {Sithe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sythe \Sythe\, noun Scythe. [Obs. or R.]
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