Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sithe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scythe \Scythe\ (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[=i][eth]e,
sig[eth]e; akin to Icel. sig[eth]r a sickle, LG. segd, seged,
seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and
to E. saw a cutting instrument. See {Saw}.] [Written also
{sithe} and {sythe}.]
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.
--Dryden.
The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton.
2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war
chariots.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sithe \Sithe\, v. i. [Cf. {Sigh}.]
To sigh.
Note: [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sithe \Sithe\, n.
A scythe. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sithe \Sithe\, v. t.
To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sith \Sith\, Sithe \Sithe\, n. [AS. ??? a path, way, time,
occasion.]
Time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes. --Spenser.
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