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Definition of Scythed
1. a. Armed with scythes, as a chariot.
Definition of Scythed
1. Verb. (past of scythe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scythed
1. scythe [v] - See also: scythe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scythed
Literary usage of Scythed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Greece by George Grote (1857)
"53) says 800000 foot, 200000 horse, and 200 scythed chariots. Justin (xi. 12)
gives 400000 foot and 100000 horse. Plutarch (Alex. ..."
2. Origins of English History by Charles Isaac Elton (1890)
"The "scythed chariots," or " covini," should be noticed in this connection.
They seem to have been low two- wheeled carts, drawn by two or four horses ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"... anchors, beaks of ships; Planks turn'd to marble; quivers, helms, and spears,
And gorgon-headed targes, and the wheels Of scythed chariots, ..."
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