sypu ulus

[Lat.=a small cup, dim in. from scyphus (qu Bu ( of scale mo es): The bag or cup whence the IMG:content-1099.png:[blocks in formation] œ = ē; ey = a. qu = kw. scythe scythe, *sithe, *sythe, subst . [A. S. sidhe, sithe; cogn. with Dut.zeis; Icel. sigdhr , sigdh =a sickle; Low Ger. seged, segd, seed , seid =a sickle; O. H. Ger. seh; M. H. Ger. sech a plowshare; English saw , sickle .] 1. Agric .: A cutting instrument used for mowing or reaping. It consists of a long curved blade with a crooked handle set nearly at a right angle thereto. It has generally two projecting handles, called nebs, fixed to the principal handle, by which it is held. It is used with a peculiar swinging motion, both hands being employed. "A stroke as fatal as the scythe of death." Cowper: Charity, 145. 2. Antiq .: A sharp, curved blade attached to the wheels of a war-chariot. scythe-bearing, adj. Bearing scythes; a term applied especially to some ancient war chariots. "The scythe- bearing chariots, also devised by him, were very effective in the same battle."-Lewis: Cred. Early Roman Hist . , ii. 526. scythe-stone, subst. A whetstone for sharpening scythes. *scythe, v. t. [SCYTHE, 8.] To cut with a scythe; to mow. sçythed, adj. [Eng. scythe, s.; -ed.] Armed or furnished with a scythe or scythes. "The scythed chariots were common in Gaul."- Elton : Origins of English History , 119. (Note.) sçythe-man, s. [Eng. scythe, and man.] One who uses a scythe; a mower. "Had fled in confusion before Mon mouth's scythemen." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. Scyth-i-an, a . & 8. [See def.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Scythia, a name given vaguely to the country north and east of the Black Sea, the Caspian, and the Sea of Aral. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Scythia. Scythian-lamb, s. [BAROMETZ.]