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SYTHE, n. Heb. an ax.

1. An instrument for mowing grass, or cutting other grain or vegetables. It consists of a long curving blade with a sharp edge, made fast to a handle, which in New England is called a snath, and which is bent into a convenient form for swinging the blade to advantage. The blade is hung to the snath at an acute angle.

In mythology, Saturn or Time is represented with a sythe, the emblem of destruction.

2. The curved sharp blade used anciently in war chariots.

SYTHE, To mow. Not in use.

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Entry for 'Sythe'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/sythe.html.
 
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