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grass nail
grass nail n. a long, thin rod of iron or a strong wire fixed between a point near the top of the handle of a scythe and a point near the top of its blade, serving as a brace and also to push the cut grass away from the blade.
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1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 240 Grassnail, a long piece of hooked iron, which has one end fixed to the blade of a scythe, and the other to the scythe's handle.
1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens 131 All the gang was there,..some on 'em making grass-nails.
1991 T. Pratchett Reaper Man (1994) 172 You want it beaten out? A new grass nail? Metalwork replacing?.. Nice scythe,..you've kept a good edge on it.
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