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Meanings of scythe in English

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Usage of scythe in English
1
Time is no longer slow; his scythe mows quickly in this age.
Lothair
2
It headed out to sea, leaving a silver wake like a scythe.
Rebel island
3
He drops the scythe of death for the jewel of eternal life.
The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — ...
4
To tell when the scythe is sharp enough this is the rule.
Hills and the Sea
5
The blade is about fifteen centimetres long, and resembles a miniature scythe.
The new yorker
6
As before, he honed the scythe and went out the next morning.
Scarlet
7
At one stroke of the scythe he had reaped a plentiful harvest.
King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
8
Half of their body length is made up of a scythe-like tail.
The Guardian
9
But we understand that he is expected to provide his own scythe.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919
10
The topsoil beneath it was gouged apart as if by a scythe.
Stonewielder
11
The orc's arm flew upward, like a scythe ready to harvest wheat.
Monster Hunter International
12
You're handier at the scythe, but I can beat you At wrestling.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
13
Griffith, Conroy, Salisbury went down before him as grass before a scythe.
The Young Pitcher
14
Grabbing the Sceptre in both hands he swung it like a scythe.
The Big U
15
I was as bad with a scythe then as I am now.
The coming of the dragon
16
Da sat in the shady side of the barn, sharpening his scythe.
Servant of a dark god
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