2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

Scythe (?), v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to

mow. [Obs.]

Time had not scythed all that youth begun.

Shak.

Scythed (?), a. Armed with scythes, as a chariot.

Chariots scythed, On thundering axles rolled.

Glover.

Scythe"man (?), n.; pl. Scythemen (&?;). One who uses a scythe; a

mower. Macaulay.

Scythe"stone` (?), n. A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.

Scythe"whet` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its

note. [Local, U.S.]

Scyth"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the

northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language

or inhabitants.

Scythian lamb. (Bot.) See Barometz.

Scyth"i*an, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically

(Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern

Europe.

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