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.
Whatever thing
The scythe of Time mows down.
A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. (Antiq.)
Scythe
v. t.
To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]