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scythe

📅 Updated:2023-01-12
🕒 Created:2016-04-26
🆔 ID:11081

Description

A scythe (/ˈsaɪð/ or /ˈsaɪθ/)[1] is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops. At other times, during war, it can also be used as a weapon. This farming tool is also known to be widely associated with the personification of death; The Grim Reaper.

Not to be confused with:

  • sickle - A shorter agricultural hand tool with a curved blade.
  • sickle sword - A sword with a curved blade similar to a sickle.