n. [ OE. sithe, AS. sīðe, sigðe; akin to Icel. sigðr a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw. ] [ Written also sithe and sythe. ] 1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatever thing
The scythe of Time mows down. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Time had not scythed all that youth begun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Armed with scythes, as a chariot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chariots scythed,
On thundering axles rolled. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Scythemen One who uses a scythe; a mower. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]