From: Year of Wonder, by Geraldine Brooks

He jumped when he saw me, making a great show of searching for the snaththat had slipped from his hand when he had dozed off. The scythe blade still upon his workbench
vexed me.....

Bartleby's had nothing on snath, but the amazon.com link lead to a sourse to purchace one!

it too long for hot link..(and not interesing enough for make a short link..)

http://doitbest.com/shop/dept.asp?dept_id=1221&redir=&mbrid=4724&mscssid=FSMVUJ70EQ4A9NMLWSW05V5CW9GRFWHD&SAFE=1



my other obsession