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a curve sharp enough to feed empires and end them.
means A hand tool with a short curved blade on a handle, used for cutting grain, grass, or weeds with a sweeping or sawing motion.
from From Old English 'sicol', borrowed early from Latin 'secula', which traces to 'secare', 'to cut' — the same root that gives us 'section', 'sector', and 'scissors'. The Romans handed the word north along with the blade itself, and its arc has been carving fields ever since.
shape originIts arc mimics the crescent moon farmers harvested by.
flag fameCrossed with a hammer, it toppled a tsar.
grim mascotDeath's scythe is just a sickle with ambition.
neolithic techFlint-bladed versions cut grain 10,000 years ago.
word rootLatin 'secula' means to cut, sibling of 'scythe.'