snathn.

/snaθ/

Forms: α. 1500s snythe, 1800s snithe. β. 1600s– snathe, 1800s snaythe, snaith. γ. 1700s– sneath, 1800s sne(a)the, sneeth. δ. 1700s– snath.

Etymology: Variant of snead n., but all the forms are irregular and difficult to account for.

Chiefly dialect and U.S.

The pole or shaft of a scythe.

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α.

1574 R. Scot Perfite Platf. of Hoppe Garden (1578) 28 Thys helue shoulde boowe somewhat lyke to a Snythe, or to the steale of a Sythe.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 259 Snithe, the crooked handle or long shank of a mowing scythe.

β. 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 114 A Snathe, the handle of a Sithe.1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) Snathe.1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 224 Snaith or Snathe.1899 E. W. Prevost Dickinson's Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (new ed.) 301/2 Snaythe.γ. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Snead or Sneath, the Handle of a Scithe, or the like Tool.1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 849 The handle, or sned or sneath,..is made either curved..or straight.1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 314 No Sithe could be handled without its pole or shaft or sneath or sned.1907 ‘J. Halsham’ Lonewood Corner 150 The two ‘doles’ or grips on the sneath.δ. 1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 119 There crooked snaths of flexile sallow make.1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 231/1 An improvement in the Scythe Snath.1864 J. G. Whittier Wreck of Rivermouth 89 O mower, lean on thy bended snath.1881 Metal World No. 22. 343 Suppose the centre of gravity of the snath be..4 in. from the body of the snath.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	snath
释义	snathn. /snaθ/ Forms: α. 1500s snythe, 1800s snithe. β. 1600s– snathe, 1800s snaythe, snaith. γ. 1700s– sneath, 1800s sne(a)the, sneeth. δ. 1700s– snath. Etymology: Variant of snead n., but all the forms are irregular and difficult to account for. Chiefly dialect and U.S. The pole or shaft of a scythe. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe > parts of sneadc1000 snath1574 tacka1825 pole1828 α. 1574 R. Scot Perfite Platf. of Hoppe Garden (1578) 28 Thys helue shoulde boowe somewhat lyke to a Snythe, or to the steale of a Sythe. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 259 Snithe, the crooked handle or long shank of a mowing scythe. β. 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 114 A Snathe, the handle of a Sithe.1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) Snathe.1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 224 Snaith or Snathe.1899 E. W. Prevost Dickinson's Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (new ed.) 301/2 Snaythe.γ. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Snead or Sneath, the Handle of a Scithe, or the like Tool.1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 849 The handle, or sned or sneath,..is made either curved..or straight.1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 314 No Sithe could be handled without its pole or shaft or sneath or sned.1907 ‘J. Halsham’ Lonewood Corner 150 The two ‘doles’ or grips on the sneath.δ. 1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 119 There crooked snaths of flexile sallow make.1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 231/1 An improvement in the Scythe Snath.1864 J. G. Whittier Wreck of Rivermouth 89 O mower, lean on thy bended snath.1881 Metal World No. 22. 343 Suppose the centre of gravity of the snath be..4 in. from the body of the snath. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574
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