The settlement is next to a Roman military fort, which dated to between 60 and 130 A.D.
Found alongside food scraps and ceramics, the corroded object was initially mistaken to be the remains of a sickle.—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024 The sickle is a spectacular find, researchers said in the release, because there have been none like it ever found in the area, only pieces of other sickles or smaller bronze tools.—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
Adjective
The same people who find the Nazi swastika repulsive are happy to wear the hammer and sickle on a T-shirt, hat, or military belt buckle.—Andrew Nagorski, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2012 The announcement is a landmark in the treatment of sickle cell disease, a devastating condition in which red blood cells deform into a sickle shape and clog up blood vessels.—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
Verb
In 1948, pediatrician Janet Watson noticed that children with sickle cell disease had normal blood cells as infants, but that the cells became sickled around six months.—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023 Exertional sickling deaths occur in athletes carrying the sickle cell trait.—Jennifer Borresen, courier-journal.com, 18 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sickle
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, from Latin secula sickle, from secare to cut — more at saw
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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