Scythe

Definition of Scythe

Pronunciation: sīth

n.	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. - Drayton. Whatever thing The scythe of Time mows down. - Milton.
	2.	(Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
v. t.	1.	To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. Time had not scythed all that youth begun. - Shak.

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