Scythe Definition
sīth
scythed, scythes, scything
noun
A tool with a long, single-edged blade set at an angle on a long, curved handle, used in cutting long grass, grain, etc. by hand.
Webster's New World
A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Wiktionary
verb
To cut with a scythe.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Scythe
Noun
Singular:
scythe
Plural:
scythesOrigin of Scythe
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From Middle English sythe or sithe, from Old English sīðe (“sickle”). The silent c appeared in the early 15th century because it was wrongly thought that the word was linked to Latin scissor ("carver, cutter") and scindere ("to cut").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English sithe from Old English sīthe sickle sek- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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