-- Sick"ish*ly, adv. -- Sick"ish*ness, n.
Sic"kle (?), n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel,
OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or
perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting instrument.] 1. A reaping
instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook,
and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the
blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf.
Reaping hook, under Reap.
When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the
sunshine.
Shak.
2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of
Leo.
Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very
long curved pods.
Sic"kle*bill` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of three species of humming
birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They
have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed
hummer. (b) A curlew. (c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied
genera.
Sic"kled (?), a. Furnished with a sickle.
Sic"kle*man (?), n.; pl. Sicklemen (&?;). One who uses a sickle; a
reaper.
You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary.
Shak.
Sic"kler (?), n. One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.