scythe

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An implement consisting of a long, curved single-edged blade with a long bent handle, used for mowing or reaping.
2. v. To cut with or as if with a scythe.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An instrument used in mowing or reaping, consisting of a long curving blade with a sharp edge, made fast at an angle to a handle or snath, which is bent into a convenient form for swinging the blade to advantage. Most scythes have, fixed to the principal handle, two projecting handles by which they are held.
2. n. A curved sharp blade anciently attached to the wheels of some war-chariots.
3. To mow; cut with a scythe, or as with a scythe.
4. To arm or furnish with a scythe or scythes.
5. To make a curving movement like that of a scythe, in mowing.

Wiktionary

1. n. 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.
2. n. A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
3. v. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
2. n. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
3. v. obsolete To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. cut with a scythe
2. n. an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground