scythe
agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops, with a wide, curved blade, which is wielded with a broad side movement and a twist of the torso to cut the ears gathered in the movement
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Summary
scythe is a weapon family[1]. scythe ranks in the top 7% of weapon family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,813 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: agricultural tool[3]
- Subclass of: reaping tool[4], improvised weapon[5], hand tool[6], cold weapon[7]
- Has use: harvest[8], scything[9], weed control[10]
- Commons category: Scythes[11]
- Has part(s): blade[12], stick[13], handle[14]
- Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Otto's encyclopedia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21]
- Used by: reaper[22]
- Different from: Faux[23], false[24], Faux-en-Périgord[25], sickle[26]
- Hashtag: scythe[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Agriculture[29], WikiProject Blades[30]
- P14470: Objects/Scythe[31]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for scythe include Therizinosaurus[32], a fossil taxon[33].
Why It Matters
scythe has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] scythe is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for scythe include Therizinosaurus[32], a fossil taxon[33].