Category:Scythe

Scythe (sith), n. Etym: [oe. sithe, as. si\'ebe, sigthe; akin to Icel. sigthr 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.)

Defn: a scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

Scythe Scythe, v. t.

Defn: to cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [obs.] Time had not scythed all that youth begun. Shak.