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Search phrase: scythe

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC III.xiii.193Even with his pestilent scythe.Euen with his pestilent Sythe.
Henry VH5 V.ii.50Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank,Wanting the Sythe, withall vncorrected, ranke;
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.6That honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge,That honour which shall bate his sythes keene edge,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.79The scythe-tusked boar, that with thy arm as strongThe Sith-tuskd-Bore; that with thy Arme as strong

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.12 Time had not scythed all that youth begun, Time had not sithed all that youth begun,
SonnetsSonn.12.13 And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence And nothing gainst Times sieth can make defence
SonnetsSonn.60.12 And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. And nothing stands but for his sieth to mow.
SonnetsSonn.100.14 So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife. So thou preuenst his sieth, and crooked knife.
SonnetsSonn.123.14 I will be true, despite thy scythe and thee. I will be true dispight thy syeth and thee.

Glossary

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swathswathe, sweep of a scythe

Thesaurus

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scythe, sweep of a swath
sweep of a scytheswath

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SCYTHEBASICscythe n, scythe v
SCYTHEANIMALscythe-tusked adj
TUSKAPPEARANCEscythe-tusked adj

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