zive

plural zives

1. DevonWest CountryalternativeSomersetAlternative form of scythe.

   I knaw'd tud be zo vour or vive months ago / when I handled the rip-hook and zive.

   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)

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   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.

   1731, A Collection of Loyal Songs Written Against the Rump Parliament, Between the Years 1639 and 1661, page 187

   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.

   1928, The Pocket Book of Poems and Songs: for the Open Air, page 169