SCYTHE
ADJECTIVES
► FALCIFEROUS carrying a sickle; scythe-bearing → 1656 obs.
NOUNS
► BAT the long handle or staff of a scythe → 1793 Eng. dial.
► LEA a scythe → 1483 N. Eng. dial.
► LEA-SHAFT a scythe handle → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAN-KILLER an implement that is exhausting to use, as a scythe → 1876 Amer. dial.
► MOWIN’ BLADE ► MOWING-BLADE a scythe → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POLE the long handle of a scythe or similar implement → 1828 Eng. dial.
► TINE-STOCK one of the two short crooked handles of a scythe → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UREN a scythe → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
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