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.
Syth Sythe prep., adv., conj. & n. See Sith, Sithe. [Obs.]
Sythe n. Scythe. [Obs. or R.]
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