"zive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} zive (plural zives)
  1. (West Country, Somerset, Devon) Alternative form of scythe. Tags: Devon, West-Country, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scythe

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1731, A Collection of Loyal Songs Written Against the Rump Parliament, Between the Years 1639 and 1661, page 187:",
          "text": "Thoo whun the Club-men wor zo thick, Esput my zive upon a Stick, And about eswent among 'um ; And by my Troth esdid suppose That they were honester than those That now do zwear they'll hang 'um.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1872, Agrikler, A Mouse's Zupper, in Poems humorous and philosophical, by Outis, with which are included Rhymes in the West of England Dialect by Agrikler (published in 1875)",
          "text": "I knaw'd tud be zo vour or vive months ago / when I handled the rip-hook and zive."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1928, The Pocket Book of Poems and Songs: for the Open Air, page 169:",
          "text": "Or in the dae, a-vleeren droo The leafy trees, the huosse gookoo Da zing to mowers that da zet Their zives on end, an' stan' to whet.",
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          "ref": "1731, A Collection of Loyal Songs Written Against the Rump Parliament, Between the Years 1639 and 1661, page 187:",
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          "ref": "1928, The Pocket Book of Poems and Songs: for the Open Air, page 169:",
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