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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In a very few minutes his father came back with the scythe ready for work; and Barney, fastening it to the snath, again set off up the lane.
From The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies by Connor, Ralph
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
I noticed that they used a different snath for their scythes here from that common in England.
From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu
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)
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.
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