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sickle an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc., having a curved blade and a short handle sickle [′sik·əl] (agriculture) The cutting mechanism of a binder, reaper, or combine. (design engineering) A hand tool consisting of a hooked metal blade with a short handle, used for cutting grain or other agricultural products. (textiles) A hooked arm for guiding the thread in a spinning mule. Sickle [′sik·əl] (astronomy) A group of six stars in the constellation Leo that outline the head of the lion. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The hilltop, the cool air of the night, the company of the great monuments, the sight of the city under his feet, with its hills and valleys and crossing files of lamps, drew him by all he had of the poetic, and he turned that way; and by that quite innocent deflection, ripened the crop of his venial errors for the sickle of destiny. Leaving them busy at work on the side of the valley, I ascended the hill, intending to visit a corn-field in the more elevated regions, and see when it would be ripe for the sickle. Let the end come as it may, here I am ready to profit by it: here I am, facing both ways, with perfect ease and security -- a moral agriculturist, with his eye on two crops at once, and his swindler's sickle ready for any emergency. |
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