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scythe

n. புல்லரிவாள், பயிர் அரிவாள்த, முற்காலப் போர்த்துறைத் தேர்களின் இருபுறங்களிலும் இருசோடி இணைக்கப் பட்ட புடையலகு, (வினை.) புல்லரிவாளால் வெட்டு, அரிவாளால் பயிர் அரி.


Scythe (sith), n. Etym: [OE. sithe, AS. si\'ebe, sigthe; akin to Icel. sigthr a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.] [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. Dryden. The scythe of Time mows down. Milton. 2. (Antiq.) Defn: A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. Scythe, v. t. Defn: To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.] Time had not scythed all that youth begun. Shak.


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