Scythe

Pronunciation: sīth

n.	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. - Drayton. Whatever thing The scythe of Time mows down. - Milton.
	2.	(Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
v. t.	1.	To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. Time had not scythed all that youth begun. - Shak.

Noun	1.	scythe - an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground
Verb	1.	scythe - cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain"