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Scythed

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scythe  (s)
n.
An implement consisting of a long, curved single-edged blade with a long bent handle, used for mowing or reaping.
tr.v. scythed, scyth·ing, scythes
To cut with or as if with a scythe.
[Middle English sithe, from Old English sthe, sickle; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
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It thrilled through him when he first felt the keel answer to his hand on the spokes and slide over the long hollows as the foresail scythed back and forth against the blue sky.
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