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Sythe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An instrument for mowing grass, or cutting other grain or vegetables. It consists of a long curving blade with a sharp edge, made fast to a handle, which in New England is called a snath, and which is bent into a convenient form for swinging the blade to advantage. The blade is hung to the snath at an acute angle.

2. In mythology, Saturn or Time is represented with a sythe the emblem of destruction.

3. The curved sharp blade used anciently in war chariots.

Sythe [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To mow. [Not in use.]

Sythe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scythe.

Sythe [Preposition and adverb and conjunction] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Sith, Sithe.

Sythed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Armed with sythes, as a chariot.

Sytheman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who uses a sythe; a mower.