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snath

[ snath ]

noun

  1. the shaft or handle of a scythe.


snath

/ sneɪð; snæθ /

noun

  1. the handle of a scythe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of snath1

1565–75; unexplained variant of snead ( Middle English snede, Old English snǣd )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snath1

C16: variant of earlier snead, from Old English snǣd, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

It hangs on a leafless mossy oak snag showing the effect of time, and on the snath is written, "All flesh is grass."

Above the blade of a scythe were arranged a set of fingers projecting from a post in the scythe snath.

He40 was unsymmetric as a court dwarf with scythe-snath spine and a dome on his shoulder.

I noticed that they used a different snath for their scythes here from that common in England.

And while were at it, why not Sandy Jackson and his friend, Snath?

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