Scythe
Scythe (sīth) , noun
[Old English sithe, Anglo-Saxon sīee, sigee; akin to Icelandic siger a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, Old High German segansa sickle, scythe, German sense scythe, and to English saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.]
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.
The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass.
Whatever thing
The scythe of Time mows down.
2.
(Antiquities) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Scythe , transitive verb
To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obsolete]
Time had not scythed all that youth begun.