单词 | grass scythe |
释义 | > as lemmasgrass scythe grass scythe n. a scythe for cutting grass. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe > types of brush-scythe1573 grass scythe1573 cradle-scythe1669 crather1688 bushwhacker1858 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 15v A brush sythe, & grasse syth. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 244/1 Bush Sythe, Grass Sythe, Rifle and Cradle. 1787 G. Washington Diary (1925) III. 243 Called on my return at French's where I had begun with grass Scythes (a cradle having been found not to answer). 1850 New Eng. Farmer 6 July 219/1 In many cases the grass-scythe is used to its injury, in cutting up bushes in the field, which should be done by a stouter tool, well adapted for that very purpose. 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 522 (caption) Double rib extra grade all steel grass scythe. 2012 Times of India (Nexis) 13 Oct. These snakes..are dispatched quickly by caddies or the Army's greenskeepers using grass scythes, irons and stones. < as lemmas |
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