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Definition of Sickle

1. Noun. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle.

Definition of Sickle

1. n. 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.

Definition of Sickle

1. Noun. (context: agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops ¹

2. Verb. (context: agriculture transitive) To cut with a sickle ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells. ¹

5. Adjective. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sickle

1. to cut with an agricultural implement having a single blade [v -LED, -LING, -LES]

Medical Definition of Sickle

1. 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. "When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine." (Shak) 2. A group of stars in the constellation Leo. Sickle pod, a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very long curved pods. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sickle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"sickle Thalassemia sickle thalassemia results from the combined ... The severe form of sickle thalassemia results in a blood picture similar to SCA. ..."

2. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap : for the time is come ..."

3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1892)
"CRESCENT : (1) raise sickle; (2) form crescent, the even numbers counting from the right end, placing the convex edge of their sickle near the concave edge ..."

4. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Revelation by Albert Barnes (1859)
"16 And he that eat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ... 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the ..."

5. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Scott RB, Castro О. Screening for sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. JAMA 1979; 241:1145-7. ... Is a national program to prevent sickle cell disease possible? ..."

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