'Sithe' definitions:
Definition of 'Sithe'
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- Sith \Sith\, Sithe \Sithe\, n. [AS. ??? a path, way, time, occasion.] Time. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sithe'
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- Sithe \Sithe\, v. i. [Cf. Sigh.] To sigh.
- Note: [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sithe'
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- Sithe \Sithe\, n. A scythe. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sithe'
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- Sithe \Sithe\, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'sithe'
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- Scythe \Scythe\ (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[imac][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. [1913 Webster]
- The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- Whatever thing The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. [1913 Webster]