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The snath is full of notches--probably the owner's record of work done and of his share in the harvest The said owner was by this time far down the steep path.— Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania
It hangs on a leafless mossy oak snag showing the effect of time, and on the snath is written, "All flesh is grass."— The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
I have never seen yet an American scythe-snath in England or Scotland, although so much of our implemental machinery has been introduced.— A Walk from London to John O'Groat's
I protested I never could learn it You don't try; and I have a good mind to punish you The moment the shop-keeper said it I dropped the snath, raised my axe, and told him that if he came one step nearer to me I would make mincemeat of him.— Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. a True Story
In a very few minutes his father came back with the scythe ready for work; and Barney, fastening it to the snath, again set off up the lane II THE DAUGHTER OF THE MANSE Two hours later, down from the dusty sideroad, a girl swinging a milk pail in her hand turned into the mill lane.— The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies

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