Definition of Sickles

1. Noun. (plural of sickle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sickles

1. sickle [v] - See also: sickle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickles

sickle scotoma
sicklebill
sicklebills
sickled
sicklelike
sickleman
sicklemen
sicklemia
sicklemias
sicklemic
sicklepod
sickler
sicklerite
sicklers
sickles (current term)
sickless
sickleweed golden aster
sicklewort
sicklied
sicklier
sicklies
sickliest
sicklily
sickliness
sicklinesses
sickling
sickly
sickly-sweet
sickly sweet

Literary usage of Sickles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1866)
"Had a corps been promptly sent to his assistance, sickles believes that victory was his own. The precious hour passed, while our army was without a head. ..."

2. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Mr. sickles Tried for Murder and Triumphantly Acquitted. ... A Husband's Agony —Detects Key Signaling to Mrs. sickles.—Rushes from the House in a Frenzy. ..."

3. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1919)
"After we had retired from the table to the drawing room, Mrs. sickles went to Willard's Hotel about 10 o'clock; I also went to the hop; did not go in the ..."

4. Our Press Gang; Or, A Complete Exposition of the Corruptions and Crimes of by Lambert A. Wilmer (1859)
"THE sickles CASE.—The recent homicide case at Washington affords some very good illustrations ... Daniel sickles, a member of Congress, discovers a criminal ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"The discovery of these very interesting Egyptian sickles can, at best, be only used as ... In support of the theory that such sickles were in use among the ..."

6. The Battle of Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Narrative by Jesse Bowman Young (1913)
"Daniel E. sickles, to extend the line from Hancock's left to Little Round Top, ... The line roughly indicated to sickles was altogether too long to be ..."

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