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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
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
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
plants
grasses
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