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Encyclopedia Britannica



SCYTHE

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 526 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SCYTHE , an implement for mowing grass or reaping corn or
grain
 , consisting of a curved steel blade fastened to a
long
  wooden handle with a slight
double
  curve from which project two small pieces by which the handle is held. The handle is
technically known as the " snathe," " sned " or " snead " (sncedan to cut, cf. Ger. schneiden). The word in O.E. is sine or sil2e M.E. sithe; the mis-spelling " scythe " is paralleled by "
scent
 ," and is possibly due to, the Fr. scier, saw; the word means " an
instrument
  for cutting," and is derived from the root sak-, seen in Lat. secare, to cut, " saw " and " sickle," the oldest of reaping implements, with deep curved blade and short handle. The same root is seen in the " sedge," i.e. cutting or
sword
 -grass, strictly applied to
plants
  of the genus Carex, but loosely used of flags, rushes and other
grasses
  growing in marshy places (see REAPING).


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