A tool for whetting a scythe, usually made of wood coated with sand or emery. Also in figurative context. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe > tool or material for sharpening (5) rifle1459 A tool for whetting a scythe, usually made of wood coated with sand or emery. Also in figurative context. Now rare. stricklea1642 A tool with which a reaper whets or sharpens his scythe = straik, n.1 4. Also a mechanical grinder (see quot. 1846). scythe-sand1686 (see quot.). rip1688 A whetstone, strop, or other device used for sharpening the blade of a scythe. Cf. rifle, n.1 1, rubstone, n., strickle, n. 2. Also ripstone, rip-… straik1844 A piece of wood coated with sand or emery, used for sharpening scythes; = strickle, n. 2, strike, n.1 3a. |
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