Definition of scythe

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Scythe (v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

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Mow :: Mow (v. i.) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay..
Stubbled :: Stubble (n.) The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle..
Death :: Death (v. i.) Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe..
Hang :: Hang (n.) The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe..
Sithed :: Sithed (a.) Scythed.
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc..
Scythewhet :: Scythewhet (n.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note.
Desecate :: Desecate (v. t.) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow..
Gisarm :: Gisarm (n.) A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers..
Scythe :: Scythe (n.) 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..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place..
Sithe :: Sithe (v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to scythe.
Swath :: Swath (v. t.) The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath..
Scytheman :: Scytheman (n.) One who uses a scythe; a mower.
Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine..
Nib :: Nib (n.) One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon..
Scythestone :: Scythestone (n.) A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.
Sithe :: Sithe (n.) A scythe.
Scythemen :: Scythemen (pl. ) of Scythema.
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