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–noun

1.	an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.

2.	(initial capital letter) Astronomy. a group of stars in the constellation Leo, likened to this implement in formation.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME sikel, OE sicol; c. D zikkel, G Sichel, all ≪ L secula, equiv. to sec(āre) to cut + -ula -ule

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sick·le Audio Help (sĭk'əl) Pronunciation Key
n.

An implement having a semicircular blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.
The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.

v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les

v. tr.

To cut with a sickle.
To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

v. intr.
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.

adj. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.

[Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, from Vulgar Latin sicila, from Latin sēcula; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

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sickle

O.E. sicol, probably a W.Gmc. borrowing (cf. M.Du. sickele, O.H.G. sihhila, Du. sikkel, Ger. Sichel) from V.L. *sicila, from L. secula "sickle" (cf. It. segolo "hatchet"), from PIE base *sek- "cut" (see section). Applied to curved or crescent-shaped things from 1459. Sickle-cell anemia is first recorded 1922.

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sickle
noun
an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle

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sickle [ˈsikl] noun

a tool with a curved blade for cutting grain etc

Arabic:	مِنْجَل
Chinese (Simplified):	镰刀
Chinese (Traditional):	鐮刀
Czech:	srp
Danish:	segl
Dutch:	sikkel
Estonian:	sirp
Finnish:	sirppi
French:	faucille
German:	die Sichel
Greek:	δρεπάνι
Hungarian:	sarló
Icelandic:	sigð
Indonesian:	arit, sabit
Italian:	falce, falcetto

Japanese:	かま
Korean:	(작은) 낫
Latvian:	sirpis
Lithuanian:	pjautuvas
Norwegian:	sigd
Polish:	sierp
Portuguese (Brazil):	foice
Portuguese (Portugal):	foice
Romanian:	seceră
Russian:	серп
Slovak:	kosák
Slovenian:	srp
Spanish:	hoz
Swedish:	skära
Turkish:	orak

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

sick·le (skl)
v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les

To cut with a sickle.
To deform a red blood cell into an abnormal crescent shape.
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.

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Main Entry: ³sickle
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: sick·led; sick·ling /'sik-(&-)li[ng]/
transitive senses
: to change (a red blood cell) into a sickle cell sickle intransitive senses
: to undergo change into a sickle cell <the ability of red blood cells to sickle>

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Main Entry: ²sickle
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or characteristic of sickle-cell anemia or sickle-cell trait <sickle hemoglobin>

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Main Entry: ¹sick·le
Pronunciation: 'sik-&l
Function: noun
: a dental scaler with a curved 3-sided point

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Sickle

Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s["a]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[*a]g, Icel. s["o]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound.

Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See under Band, Crosscut, etc.

Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor.

Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table.

Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth.

Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held.

Saw gate, a saw frame.

Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass.

Saw grass (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the Cladium Mariscus of Europe, and the Cladium effusum of the Southern United States. Cf. Razor grass, under Razor.

Saw log, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.

Saw mandrel, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running.

Saw pit, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer.

Saw sharpener (Zo["o]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.]

Saw whetter (Zo["o]l.), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.]

Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge, stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sickle

of the Egyptians resembled that in modern use. The ears of corn were cut with it near the top of the straw. There was also a sickle used for warlike purposes, more correctly, however, called a pruning-hook (Deut. 16:9; Jer. 50:16, marg., "scythe;" Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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