Definitions
A long-handled tool with a curved blade for cutting grass or grain.
Word origin
From Middle English sythe, sithe, from Old English sīþe, sīgþe, sigdi (“sickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *sigiþi, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz, *sigiþō, derived from *seg- (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Used in a sentence
“And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.”
“Early next morning the gudewife took a scythe on her shoulder, and went out in the fields with the hay-mowers to mow.”
“The boy began to keen, and the high-pitched noise scythed through Song's head.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Grim Reaper's tool”6 letters
02“Curved mowing blade”6 letters
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