Scythe definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SCYTHE, A wrong spelling. [See Sythe.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... moves parallel to the ground v 1: cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain" Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle ... scythed; scything) Date: circa 1580 intransitive verb to use a scythe transitive verb to cut with or as if with a scythe < scything cornstalks > Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. a ...
Cradle scythe definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cradle Cra"dle (kr[=a ... cradles. --Clarendon. 3. (Agric.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly ... by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain.
... SITHE, n. Time. SITHE, [See Sythe.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scythe Scythe (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[=i][eth ... a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.] [Written ... 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.) A scythe- ...
... t. To mow. [Not in use.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scythe Scythe (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[=i][eth ... a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.] [Written ... 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.) A scythe- ...
... letter is not ascertained.] 1. To cut down with a scythe, as grass or other plants. We say, to mow grass ... of men. Hence Saturn or Time is represented with a scythe, an emblem of the general and indiscriminate destruction of the ... i. To cut grass; to practice mowing; to use the scythe. Does the man mow well? 1. To perform the business ... of wheat or rye. When these are cut with a scythe, they are said to be cradled. Oats and barley are ... century transitive verb 1. a. to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine b. to cut the standing herbage ... or mown) 1 cut down (grass, hay, etc.) with a scythe or machine. 2 cut down the produce of (a ...
... n 1: the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine 2: a path ... a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine b. the sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or the path cut in ... belt 3. a stroke of or as if of a scythe 4. a space devastated as if by a scythe Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also swathe) (pl. swaths or swathes ... of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of ...
... infant in his arms" 4: cut grain with a cradle scythe 5: wash in a cradle; "cradle gold" 6: run with ... c. an implement with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used formerly for harvesting grain d. a frame to ... in her arms > 2. to cut (grain) with a cradle scythe 3. to place, raise, support, or transport on a cradle ... cradles. --Clarendon. 3. (Agric.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly ... by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting ...
... cradles. --Clarendon. 3. (Agric.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly ... by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain.
... cradles. --Clarendon. 3. (Agric.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly ... by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain. Collin's Cobuild ...
... cradles. --Clarendon. 3. (Agric.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly ... by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain.
... 1. dialect a. a spell of work done with a scythe between the time it is sharpened and the time it ... Dictionary v. & n. --v.tr. (whetted, whetting) 1 sharpen (a scythe or other tool) by grinding. 2 stimulate (the appetite or ... attrition; as, to whet a knife. The mower whets his scythe. --Milton. Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak ...
... or snathe noun Etymology: akin to Middle English snede long scythe, from Old English sn?d scythe handle Date: 1574 the handle of a scythe Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Snead, sneath, sneethe ...
... personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe [syn: Grim Reaper, Reaper] Merriam Webster's noun Usage: often ... especially when personified as a man or skeleton with a scythe Collin's Cobuild Dictionary The Grim Reaper is an imaginary ... a long, black cloak with a hood, and carries a scythe. N-SING: the N
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MOWN, pp. Cut with a scythe. 1. Cleared of grass with a scythe, as land. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (used ... meadow, Meadow.] 1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine. 2. To cut the grass from; as, to ...
... ppr. Putting into a mow. MOWING, ppr. Cutting down with scythe. MOWING, n. The act of cutting with a scythe. 1. Land from which grass is cut. Webster's 1913 ... meadow, Meadow.] 1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine. 2. To cut the grass from; as, to ...