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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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
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
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.
"Now, you must be a good boy, and help the women," said he, driving the wedge which married the scythe to the snath.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
Above the blade of a scythe were arranged a set of fingers projecting from a post in the scythe snath.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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