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Snath vs Scath - What's the difference?

snath | scath |

As nouns the difference between snath and scath

is that snath is the shaft of a scythe while scath is harm or injury (see scathe).

As a verb scath is

archaic form of lang=en.

snath

English

An example of a scythe:
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Alternative forms

* snythe, snathe, snaith, sneath, sneathe, etc. * sned, sneed

Noun

(en noun)
  • The shaft of a scythe.

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Anagrams

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    scath

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

  • Harm or injury (see (l)).
  • * Shakespeare
    • Wherein Rome hath done you any scath , / Let him make treble satisfaction.
  • * Spenser
    • Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, / Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath .
  • * Lydia H. Sigourney
    • Scath and loss / That man can ne'er repair.
  • * Mary Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam
    • He buried in his heart all sense of scath .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * Shakespeare
    • This trick may chance to scath you.