scythe

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪð/

The English word “scythe” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
The tenth Lenormand card.

verb

To use a scythe.
To cut with a scythe.
To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
To attack or injure as if cutting.

Etymology

From Middle English sythe, sithe, from Old English sīþe, sīgþe, sigdi (“sickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *sigiþi, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz, *sigiþō, derived from *seg- (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Immediate Germanic cognates include Middle Low German sēgede, Dutch zicht, Icelandic sigð (all “sickle”). More distantly related with Dutch zeis, German Sense (both…

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