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 n. A scythe. [Obs.]


 Sithe, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]

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