scythe
noun
an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
scytheless
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a word derived from
scythe.
Example Sentences
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Time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm; we who smite like the scythe.
From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis
You talk of the scythe of time and the tooth of time; I tell you time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm, we who smite like the scythe.
From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis
