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sythe

sythe is the archaic spelling of scythe.

Meaning of scythe

Noun

scythe (plural scythes)

  1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
    • And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
      Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 12”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
  2. (historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
  3. The tenth Lenormand card.

See all 7 meanings of scythe

Forms of sythe

Noun
pluralsythes
Verb
third-person singular presentsythes
present participlesything
past participlesythed
pastsythed

Questions about sythe

What is sythe the archaic spelling of?
Sythe is the archaic spelling of scythe.

Words near sythe in the dictionary

  1. systylious
  2. systylius
  3. systylous
  4. Sysyphean
  5. syth
  6. sythe
  7. sythed
  8. sythes
  9. sything
  10. sytogobitic
  11. Sytsma

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