scythe

Noun

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
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

cut with a scythe
- "scythe grass or grain"
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.

Origin / 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 “scythe”). Also akin to English saw, which see.
The silent c crept in during the early 15th century owing to pseudoetymological association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor, carver”), from Latin scindere (“to cut, rend, split”).
The verb, which was first used in the intransitive sense, is from the noun.

Scrabble Score: 14

scythe is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
scythe is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scythe is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

scythe is a valid Words With Friends word