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| English | Russian |
| begin to scythe | закашиваться |
| hammer a scythe | отбить косу |
| hunchback scythe | коса-горбуша (The ancient Russian scythe was by design and structure similar to the hunchbak scythe commonly used in the distant past by the inhabitants of northeastern Europe and of some localities of Siberia. The scythe of modern shape appreared in Russia at a later date.) |
| lithuanian scythe | коса-литовка |
| mow a meadow with a scythe | косить луг косой (Taras) |
| scythe handle | косьё (= косовище) |
| scythe handle | косовище |
| scythe stone | оселок |
| scythe up | закашиваться |
| sweep of the scythe | размах косы |
| the scythe ran into a stone | нашла коса на камень |
| whet a scythe | отбивать косу |
| whet a scythe | точить косу |
| wield a scythe | косить косой (kozelski) |