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scythe
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The Scarlet Letter
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- He had slain men with his own hand, for aught I know—certainly, they had fallen like blades of grass at the sweep of the scythe before the charge to which his spirit imparted its triumphant energy—but, be that as it might, there was never in his heart so much cruelty as would have brushed the down off a butterfly's wing.†
p. 22.7scythe = a tool for cutting grass that has a curved blade and a long handle that is held with both hands
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(scythe) a tool for cutting grass that has a curved blade and a long handle that is held with both hands; or the process of cutting with such a tool
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)