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 H. H. Riley
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
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 George W. (George Washington) Ogden
At length, to his great joy, it was well ground from heel to point, and its master fastened it to the snath.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
"Well, it's purty likely that I do," he answered as he stood resting on his snath.
From The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller
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