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Scythe vs Strickle - What's the difference?

scythe | strickle |

As nouns the difference between scythe and strickle

is that scythe is scythian while strickle is a rod used to level grain etc when being measured, or concrete after pouring.

scythe

English

(wikipedia scythe)

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic) * (l) (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with the concave edge sharped, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
  • A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

    • Verb

    (scyth)
  • To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

    • Anagrams

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    strickle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rod used to level grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring
  • A tool for sharpening scythes
  • An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
  • (carpentry, masonry) A templet; a pattern.
  • An instrument used in dressing flax.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * screed

    Anagrams

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