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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Scythe

/(sīth)/ · IPA /ˈsaɪð/
01 n. 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 hand…
  1. 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. 2.
    A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.(Antiq.)
02 v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
  1. 1.
    To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.[Obs.]
    “Time had not scythed all that youth begun.” — Shak.