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sickle (sik′əl)

noun

a tool consisting of a crescent-shaped blade with a short handle: used for cutting down tall grasses and weeds

Etymology: ME sikel < OE sicol (akin to Ger sichel) < early WGmc borrowing < L secula < secare, to cut: see saw

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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