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sickle
(encz) | sickle,srp n: |
Sickle
(gcide) | Sickle \Sic"kle\, n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel,
G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr.
secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting
instrument.]
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.
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When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more
benefit from the sunshine. --Shak.
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2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See
Illust. of Leo.
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Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress ({Arabis
Canadensis}) having very long curved pods.
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sickle
(wn) | sickle
n 1: an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade
and a short handle [syn: sickle, reaping hook, {reap
hook}] |
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common sickle pine
(encz) | common sickle pine, n: |
hammer and sickle
(encz) | hammer and sickle,kladivo a srp luke |
sickle alfalfa
(encz) | sickle alfalfa, n: |
sickle cell
(encz) | sickle cell, n: |
sickle cell anemia
(encz) | sickle cell anemia, |
sickle feather
(encz) | sickle feather, n: |
sickle lucerne
(encz) | sickle lucerne, n: |
sickle medick
(encz) | sickle medick, n: |
sickle-cell anaemia
(encz) | sickle-cell anaemia, n: |
sickle-cell anemia
(encz) | sickle-cell anemia, |
sickle-cell disease
(encz) | sickle-cell disease, n: |
sickle-shaped
(encz) | sickle-shaped, adj: |
sicklepod
(encz) | sicklepod, n: |
sickleweed golden aster
(encz) | sickleweed golden aster, n: |
yellow-leaf sickle pine
(encz) | yellow-leaf sickle pine, n: |
falcate sickle-shaped
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Sickle
(gcide) | Sickle \Sic"kle\, n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel,
G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr.
secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting
instrument.]
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.
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When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more
benefit from the sunshine. --Shak.
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2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See
Illust. of Leo.
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Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress ({Arabis
Canadensis}) having very long curved pods.
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Sickle pod
(gcide) | Sickle \Sic"kle\, n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel,
G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr.
secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting
instrument.]
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.
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When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more
benefit from the sunshine. --Shak.
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2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See
Illust. of Leo.
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Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress ({Arabis
Canadensis}) having very long curved pods.
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Sicklebill
(gcide) | Sicklebill \Sic"kle*bill`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus
Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They
have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
sickle-billed hummer.
(b) A curlew.
(c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
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sickle-billed hummer
(gcide) | Sicklebill \Sic"kle*bill`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus
Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They
have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
sickle-billed hummer.
(b) A curlew.
(c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
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Sickled
(gcide) | Sickled \Sic"kled\, a.
Furnished with a sickle.
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Sickleman
(gcide) | Sickleman \Sic"kle*man\, n.; pl. Sicklemen.
One who uses a sickle; a reaper.
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You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. --Shak.
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Sicklemen
(gcide) | Sickleman \Sic"kle*man\, n.; pl. Sicklemen.
One who uses a sickle; a reaper.
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You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. --Shak.
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Sickler
(gcide) | Sickler \Sic"kler\, n.
One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
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Sickless
(gcide) | Sickless \Sick"less\, a.
Free from sickness. [R.]
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Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease.
--Marston.
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Sicklewort
(gcide) | Sicklewort \Sic"kle*wort`\, n. [AS. sicolwyrt.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Coronilla ({Coronilla
scorpioides}); -- so named from its curved pods.
(b) The healall (Brunella vulgaris).
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common sickle pine
(wn) | common sickle pine
n 1: small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
[syn: common sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme] |
hammer and sickle
(wn) | hammer and sickle
n 1: the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union |
sickle alfalfa
(wn) | sickle alfalfa
n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow
flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa,
sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata] |
sickle cell
(wn) | sickle cell
n 1: an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an
abnormal form of hemoglobin |
sickle feather
(wn) | sickle feather
n 1: one of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster |
sickle lucerne
(wn) | sickle lucerne
n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow
flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa,
sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata] |
sickle medick
(wn) | sickle medick
n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow
flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa,
sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata] |
sickle-cell anaemia
(wn) | sickle-cell anaemia
n 1: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent
shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia,
sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, {crescent-
cell anaemia}, drepanocytic anemia, {drepanocytic
anaemia}] |
sickle-cell anemia
(wn) | sickle-cell anemia
n 1: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent
shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia,
sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, {crescent-
cell anaemia}, drepanocytic anemia, {drepanocytic
anaemia}] |
sickle-cell disease
(wn) | sickle-cell disease
n 1: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent
shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia,
sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, {crescent-
cell anaemia}, drepanocytic anemia, {drepanocytic
anaemia}] |
sickle-shaped
(wn) | sickle-shaped
adj 1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws";
"the falcate moon" [syn: falcate, falciform, {sickle-
shaped}] |
sicklepod
(wn) | sicklepod
n 1: cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers
and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus
Cassia [syn: sicklepod, Senna obtusifolia, {Cassia
tora}]
2: North American rock cress having very long curved pods [syn:
sicklepod, Arabis Canadensis] |
sickleweed golden aster
(wn) | sickleweed golden aster
n 1: a variety of golden aster |
yellow-leaf sickle pine
(wn) | yellow-leaf sickle pine
n 1: a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic
crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for
the rare parasite yew [syn: yellow-leaf sickle pine,
Falcatifolium taxoides] |
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