Scythe

Scythe

A scythe ( /ˈsaɪð/) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass, or reaping crops. It was largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia. The Grim Reaper and the Greek god Cronus are often depicted carrying or wielding a scythe.

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Famous quotes containing the word scythe:

    “Old Day the gardener seemed
    Death himself, or Time, scythe in hand
    by the sundial and freshly-dug
    grave in my book of parables.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.”
    —Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741–1821)

    “this scythe that mows down kings
    Exempts no meaner mortal things.”
    —Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)