scythelike









scythelike


noun

  1. an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.

verb (used with object), scythed, scyth·ing.

  1. to cut or mow with a scythe.

noun

  1. a manual implement for cutting grass, etc, having a long handle held with both hands and a curved sharpened blade that moves in a plane parallel to the ground

verb

  1. (tr) to cut (grass, etc) with a scythe

n.Old English siðe, sigði, from Proto-Germanic *segithoz (cf. Middle Low German segede, Middle Dutch sichte, Old High German segensa, German Sense), from PIE root *sek- “to cut” (see section (n.)). The sc- spelling crept in early 15c., from influence of Latin scissor “carver, cutter” and scindere “to cut.” Cf. French scier “saw,” a false spelling from sier. v.1570s, “use a scythe;” 1590s “to mow;” from scythe (n.). From 1897 as “move with the sweeping motion of a scythe.” Related: Scythed; scything.

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