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sickle

N กลุ่ม ดาว รูป เคียว ใน กลุ่ม ดา วลี โอ  klum-dao-rub-kiao-nai-klum-dao-le-o

 

sickle

N เคียว  crescent hook machete kiao

 

sicklebill

N นก ที่จะ งอย ปาก ยาว โค้ง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SICKLE

n.[Gr. Vaiclh, Vagclon; L. sicula, from the root of seco, to cut. ] A reaping hook; a hooked instrument with teeth; used for cutting grain. Thou shalt not move a sickle to thy neighbor's standing corn. Deuteronomy 23:25.

 

SICKLED

a.Furnished with a sickle.

 

SICKLEMAN, SICKLER

n.One that uses a sickle; a reaper.

 

SICKLEWORT

n.A plant of the genus Coronilla.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SICKLE

Sic "kle, n. Etym: [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.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

SICKLEBILL

SICKLEBILL Sic "kle *bill `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer. (b ) A curlew. (c ) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.

 

SICKLED

SICKLED Sic "kled, a.

 

Defn: Furnished with a sickle.

 

SICKLEMAN

Sic "kle *man, n.; pl. Sicklemen (.

 

Defn: One who uses a sickle; a reaper. You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. Shak.

 

SICKLER

SICKLER Sic "kler, n.

 

Defn: One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.

 

SICKLESS

SICKLESS Sick "less, a.

 

Defn: Free from sickness. [R.] Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease. Marston.

 

SICKLEWORT

Sic "kle *wort `, n. Etym: [AS. sicolwyrt.] (Bot. )(a ) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides ); -- so named from its curved pods. (b ) The healall (Brunella vulgaris ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sickle

sick le |ˈsikəl ˈsɪkəl | noun a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting grain, lopping, or trimming. ORIGIN Old English sicol, sicel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sikkel and German Sichel, based on Latin secula, from secare to cut.

 

sicklebill

sick le bill |ˈsikəlˌbil ˈsɪkəlbɪl | noun any of a number of birds with a long narrow down-curved bill. [a tropical American hummingbird (genus Eutoxeres, family Trochilidae: two species ). a New Guinea bird of paradise (two genera in the family Paradisaeidae ).]

 

sickle cell anemia

sick le cell a ne mi a |ˈsikəl sel əˈnēmēə ˌsɪkəl sɛl əˈnimiə |(also sickle cell disease ) noun a severe hereditary form of anemia in which a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. It is most common among those of African descent.

 

sickle cell trait

sick le cell trait noun a relatively mild condition caused by the presence of a single gene for sickle cell anemia, producing a smaller amount of abnormal hemoglobin and conferring some resistance to malaria.

 

sickle feather

sick le feath er noun each of the long middle feathers of a rooster's tail.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sickle

sickle |ˈsɪk (ə )l | noun a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting corn, lopping, or trimming. ORIGIN Old English sicol, sicel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sikkel and German Sichel, based on Latin secula, from secare to cut .

 

sicklebill

sickle |bill noun any of a number of birds with a long, narrow downcurved bill: a tropical American hummingbird (genus Eutoxeres, family Trochilidae: two species ). a New Guinea bird of paradise (two genera in the family Paradisaeidae ).

 

sickle-cell anaemia

sickle-cell anaemia (also sickle-cell disease ) noun [ mass noun ] a severe hereditary form of anaemia in which a mutated form of haemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. It is commonest among those of African descent.

 

sickle-cell trait

sickle-cell trait noun [ mass noun ] a relatively mild condition caused by the presence of a single gene for sickle-cell anaemia, producing a smaller amount of abnormal haemoglobin and conferring some resistance to malaria.

 

sickle feather

sickle fea ¦ther noun each of the long middle feathers of a cock's tail.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sickle

sickle noun WORD LINKS sickle falcate sickle-shaped Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sickle

sick le /sɪ́k (ə )l /名詞 C (短い柄 湾曲した刃の )鎌 かま , 小鎌 That's like harvesting corn with a sickle .⦅比喩的に ⦆それは, ひどく時間のかかることですよ .~̀ c ll an (a )mia 〘医 〙鎌状赤血球貧血 .