Sythe

King James Dictionary

Sythe, n. Heb. an ax.

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.

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

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

Sythe, To mow. Not in use.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( prep., adv., conj. & n.) See Sith, Sithe.

(2): ( n.) Scythe.