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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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
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
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 Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
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
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