snath
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of snath
1565–75; unexplained variant of snead ( Middle English snede, Old English snǣd )
Example Sentences
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The column moved forward solemnly, in a line like a scythe snath, and, reaching the corner, began to waver.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.
Many a time he paused that morning in his labor, leaning on the snath of his scythe, in a manner of abstraction and seeming indolence altogether strange to him.
From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
"Now, you must be a good boy, and help the women," said he, driving the wedge which married the scythe to the snath.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
O mower, lean on thy bended snath, Look from the meadows green and low: The wind of the sea is a waft of death, The waves are singing a song of woe!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various
Joe took his snath from the place where it had lain since they left Missouri and fitted a scythe to it.
From The Lost Wagon by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
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