1) British slang for a cycle 2) Bygone flag symbol 3) Edge tool 4) Farm cut-up 5) Grain cutter 6) Grain-cutting tool 7) Hammer go-with 8) Hammer mate, once 9) Harvest tool 10) Hook for cutting grass 11) Hooked grass-cutter 12) Part of a Soviet emblem 13) Reap hook 14) Reaping blade 15) Reaping hook
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A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a variously curved blade typically used for harvesting grain crops or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock (either freshly cut or dried as hay). The diversity of sickles that have been used around the globe is staggering. Between the dawn of the Iron Age and present, hundreds of regi...
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[horse] Sickle (8 February 1924 - 26 December 1943) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse who was later exported to the US where he was twice the Leading sire in North America. Sickle was bred by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. He was a full brother to Pharamond, who also was a successful sire in the United States, Their sire Phalaris, ...
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• (n.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. • (n.) 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.Sickle: words in the de...
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one of the most ancient of harvesting tools, consisting of a metal blade, usually curved, attached to a short wooden handle. The short handle forces ... [1 related articles]
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-LIKE CLAW Some theropod dinosaurs, including the dromaeosaurids (eg., Velociraptor , Utahraptor , and Deinonychus ) and Megaraptor were armed with a sickle-like claw on each hind foot, making them deadly predators. These sharp claws, varying in length fr
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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. <astronom...
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The sickle is the symbol of the Croneâ€`of harvesting and death. Its crescent shape further identifies it with the Moon and so with the Goddess.
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A tool with a curved blade used to cut grass or grain crops.
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Sic'kle noun [ Middle English
sikel , Anglo-Saxon
sicol ; akin to Dutch
sikkel , German
sichel , Old High German
sihhila , Danish
segel ,
segl , Latin
secula , from
secare to cut; or perhaps from Latin
secula . See
Saw a...
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A Sickle is a hook-shaped steel bladed instrument used for cutting grass and grain.
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HMS Sickle was a British Sealion Class submarine of 715 tons displacement launched during the early 1940's and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Sickle was armed with one 3-inch gun; one 20 mm anti-aircraft gun; three machine-guns; six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and one external 21 inch torpedo tube. She had a top speed of 14.5 knots surf...
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Sickle is British slang for a cycle.
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n] - an edge tool for cutting grass or crops
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sickle 1. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops which has a curved blade and a short handle. 2. A short-handled implement with a curved blade used for cutting tall grass or grain.
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reaping hook noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
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Harvesting tool of ancient origin characterized by a curving blade with serrated cutting edge and short wooden handle. It was widely used in the Middle East and Europe for cutting wheat, barley, and oats from about 10,000 BC to the 19th century
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