Meaning of SICKLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sikul
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle |
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SICKLE is a 6 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | reap hook, reaping hook |
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| | See Also: | | edge tool, haft, helve | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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 curved
into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a
tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as
always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. {Reaping
hook}, under {Reap}.
When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more
benefit from the sunshine. --Shak.
2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See
Illust. of {Leo}.
{Sickle pod} (Bot.), a kind of rock cress ({Arabis
Canadensis}) having very long curved pods.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a sickle in your dream, is symbolic of your labor and hard work. The symbol may also be a pun on "sicko". |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | of the Egyptians resembled that in modern use. The ears of corn were cut with it near the top of the straw. There was also a sickle used for warlike purposes, more correctly, however, called a pruning-hook (Deut. 16:9; Jer. 50:16, marg., "scythe;" Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29). |
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