Scutch

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scutch \Scutch\, n.
     1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
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     2. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The
        smoke of the burning scutch." --Cuthbert Bede.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scutch \Scutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scutched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Scutching}.] [See {Scotch} to cut slightly.]
     1. To beat or whip; to drub. [Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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     2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by
        beating; to swingle.
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     3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by
        beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating
        and blowing.
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     {Scutching machine}, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk,
        or flax; -- called also {batting machine}.
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