scythedadj.

/sʌɪðd/

Etymology: < scythe n., scythe v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Furnished with a scythe; esp. Historical (= Greek δρεπανηϕόρος, Latin falcatus) of war-chariots provided with scythes fastened to a revolving shaft projecting from the axle-trees; attributed by classical writers to the Persians and the Britons.

ΚΠ

a1400–50 Alexander 3821 For with his florantis olifants him folowed a thousand, Of sithid chariotis.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. viii. 181 Three hundred thousand foot, and not a lesse number of horse, and of seithed chariots.

1750 Warton Verses, Montaubon 19 Galgacus' scythed, iron car.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 126 Let Destiny drive forth her scythed car through the..trembling mass of humanity!

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 618 Humanely his driver waited till he (or she) had ended, patient in his scythed car.

2. Cut down with a scythe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > with scythe

scythed1866

1866 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 212 And yet who knows what end the scythèd wheat Makes of its foolish poppies' mouths of red?

3. figurative. Swept over as though by a scythe.

ΚΠ

1952 D. Thomas Coll. Poems 172 Who knows the rocketing-wind will blow The bones out of the hills, And the scythed boulders bleed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scythed
释义	scythedadj. /sʌɪðd/ Etymology: < scythe n., scythe v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Furnished with a scythe; esp. Historical (= Greek δρεπανηϕόρος, Latin falcatus) of war-chariots provided with scythes fastened to a revolving shaft projecting from the axle-trees; attributed by classical writers to the Persians and the Britons. ΚΠ a1400–50 Alexander 3821 For with his florantis olifants him folowed a thousand, Of sithid chariotis. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. viii. 181 Three hundred thousand foot, and not a lesse number of horse, and of seithed chariots. 1750 Warton Verses, Montaubon 19 Galgacus' scythed, iron car. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 126 Let Destiny drive forth her scythed car through the..trembling mass of humanity! 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 618 Humanely his driver waited till he (or she) had ended, patient in his scythed car. 2. Cut down with a scythe. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > with scythe scythed1866 1866 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 212 And yet who knows what end the scythèd wheat Makes of its foolish poppies' mouths of red? 3. figurative. Swept over as though by a scythe. ΚΠ 1952 D. Thomas Coll. Poems 172 Who knows the rocketing-wind will blow The bones out of the hills, And the scythed boulders bleed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1400
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