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scythe

a manual implement for cutting grass, etc., having a long handle held with both hands and a curved sharpened blade that moves in a plane parallel to the ground

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scythe [sīth]

(design engineering)

A tool with a long curved blade attached at a more or less right angle to a long handle with grips for both hands; used for cutting grass as well as grain and other crops.

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scythe

carried by the personification of death, used to cut life short. [Art.: Hall, 276]

See : Death