Scythe n. [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.
Sith Sithe n. Time. [Obs.]
And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes. --Spenser.
Sithe v. i. To sigh.
Note: [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]
Sithe, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
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