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scythes

  • plural
    of scythe.
    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.
  • present tense form
    of scythe (3rd person singular).
    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.

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Industries of textiles, or metalworkers making nails and scythes, were shaped like "factories without machines spread out over hundreds of households" according to Shaw-Taylor -- and increasingly produced goods for international markets.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

Using handmade scythes attached to the end of a long bamboo pole, they cut down the leaves at the top of the palms.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024

Thanksgiving holiday scythes volumes later but there was plenty to keep them busy while they did it.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023

Farmers harvest with scythes; at Victor’s, I was handed a pair of injury-proof scissors.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022

In the wake of the reapers’ scythes the black land showed again through the stubble, no longer moist and rich but bone-hard, desiccated, and beginning to crack in all directions under the burning sun.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw