Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old spelling of
scythe . - noun See
sithe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or R. Scythe.
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- noun Obsolete form of
scythe .
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Examples
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Then we got led down a "dark alley" and this guy in a Joker mask gave us these really cool custom cards that all had something to do with the Joker (mine was an arm that extended from the bottom of the card with a sythe that has blood dripping from it) and every one had these spiral things on them.
It's All Part of the Plan - Joker's Nationwide Trailer Hunt! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Tell the "Incarnation of Death" was she cute? that the next time she comes back she better have her sythe...
Disability gender, masturbating, scaring children, dogs and postmen plus wearing a bell Elizabeth McClung 2009
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And the lady answerde, sythe that I may not withdrawe zou fro zoure lewed corage, I schal zeve zou with outen wysschinge, and to alle hem that schulle com of you.
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And the lady answerde, sythe that I may not withdrawe zou fro zoure lewed corage, I schal zeve zou with outen wysschinge, and to alle hem that schulle com of you.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Pat Norwood took a long grass sythe when he runned away, an 'as de fust dog come he clipped off its tail, de second one he clipped off its ear an' dem dawgs ain't run him no more.
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¶ That oft sythe causeth {the} good lord to be wrothe
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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Well thanne, goode Johne, sythe ytt must needes be soe,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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And sythe the sayd Incarnacyon haue ben the noble crysten men stalled and admytted thorugh the vnyuersal world to the nombre of the ix beste and worthy, of whome was fyrst the noble Arthur, whose noble actes I purpose to wryte in this person book here folowyng.
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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And sythe the sayd Incarnacyon haue ben the noble crysten men stalled and admytted thorugh the vnyuersal world to the nombre of the ix beste and worthy, of whome was fyrst the noble Arthur, whose noble actes I purpose to wryte in this person book here folowyng.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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I love the little guy with the sythe .... even though he is not smiling!
ActiveRain Real Estate Network Houlihan Lawrence Realty 2010
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