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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 origin
- Its arc mimics the crescent moon farmers harvested by.
- flag fame
- Crossed with a hammer, it toppled a tsar.
- grim mascot
- Death's scythe is just a sickle with ambition.
- neolithic tech
- Flint-bladed versions cut grain 10,000 years ago.
- word root
- Latin 'secula' means to cut, sibling of 'scythe.'
sickle cell disease — genetic blood disorder affecting ~100,000 people in the us, primarily of african descent
soviet sickle and hammer — national symbol of ussr featuring crossed sickle and hammer, 1922-1991
sickle sword — curved harvesting blade used in agriculture worldwide for millennia, still common in asia