Cut+with+a+sickle

  • 81mē- — I. mē 1 Expressing certain qualities of mind. Contracted from *meə₁ . 1. Suffixed o grade form *mō to . a. mood1, from Old English mōd, mind, disposition; b. gemütlich, gemütlichkeit, from Old High German muot, mind, spirit. Both a and b from… …

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  • 82reap — reapable, adj. /reep/, v.t. 1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. 2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). 3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits. v.i. 4. to… …

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  • 83shear — North Country (Newcastle) Words to reap or cut corn with the sickle. But a sheep shearing is a clipping …

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  • 84math — {{11}}math (1) Amer.Eng. shortening of MATHEMATICS (Cf. mathematics), 1890; the British preference, maths, is attested from 1911. {{12}}math (2) a mowing, O.E. mæð mowing, cutting of grass, from P.Gmc. *mediz (Cf. O.Fris. meth, O.H.G. mad, Ger …

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  • 85mow — {{11}}mow (n.) stack of hay, O.E. muga, muwa a heap, swath of corn, crowd of people, earlier muha, from P.Gmc. *mugon (Cf. O.N. mugr a heap, mostr crowd ), of uncertain origin. {{12}}mow (v.) O.E. mawan to mow (class VII strong verb; past tense… …

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  • 86reap — [[t]rip[/t]] v. t. 1) agr. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest 2) agr. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.) 3) to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits[/ex] 4) agr.… …

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  • 87Arabis Canadensis — Sickle Sic kle, n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade… …

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  • 88(s)ker-4, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- —     (s)ker 4, (s)kerǝ , (s)krē     English meaning: to cut     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden”     Material: I. A. O.Ind. ava , apa skara “Exkremente (Ausscheidung)”; kr̥ṇüti, kr̥ṇōti “verletzt, slays “ (lex.), utkīrṇ a “ausgeschnitten,… …

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  • 89Mower — redirects here. For other uses, see Mower (disambiguation). A walk behind lawn mower …

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  • 90ARCHAEOLOGY — The term archaeology is derived from the Greek words archaios ( ancient ) and logos ( knowledge, discourse ) and was already used in ancient Greek literature in reference to the study of ancient times. In its modern sense it has come to mean the… …

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