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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"Well, it's purty likely that I do," he answered as he stood resting on his snath.
From The Light in the Clearing by Bacheller, Irving
She turned and entered the house without a word, while he took down the scythe from its peg, removed the blade from the snath and handed it to his father.
From The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies by Connor, Ralph
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
It hangs on a leafless mossy oak snag showing the effect of time, and on the snath is written, "All flesh is grass."
From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by Muir, John
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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