scissor vs scythe

scissor

verb
  • To cut using, or as if using, scissors. 

  • To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other. 

  • To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other. 

  • To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs. 

  • To excise or expunge something from a text. 

noun
  • One blade on a pair of scissors. 

  • Scissors. 

  • Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack. 

scythe

verb
  • To cut off as with a scythe; to mow. 

  • To attack or injure as if cutting. 

  • To use a scythe. 

  • To cut with a scythe. 

noun
  • The tenth Lenormand card. 

  • A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. 

  • An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. 

How often have the words scissor and scythe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )