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sick⋅le

  [sik-uhl]
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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   (sĭk'əl)   
n.  
  1. An implement having a semicircular blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.
  2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.
v.   sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les

v.   tr.
  1. To cut with a sickle.
  2. 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

Sic"kle\, n. [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.]

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. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.

Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very long curved pods.
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Language Translation for : sickle
Spanish: hoz,
German: die Sichel,
Japanese: かま
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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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Main Entry: 1sick·le
Pronunciation: 'sik-&l
Function: noun
: a dental scaler with a curved 3-sided point

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

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 sickle>
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sickle sick·le (sĭk'əl)
v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les

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

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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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sickle

one of the most ancient of harvesting tools, consisting of a metal blade, usually curved, attached to a short wooden handle. The short handle forces the user to harvest in a stooped or squatting position. The longer-handled scythe, the user of which remains upright, evolved from the sickle. Harvesting with a sickle is very slow, but because of its simplicity and low cost, it is still widely used over the world, especially to reap cereals such as wheat and rice and also as a gardening tool.

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