Scutch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To separate the valuable fibers of (flax, for example) from the woody parts by beating.
  • n. An implement used for scutching.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibers from flax stalks
  • n. An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them.
  • n. The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
  • n. A tuft or clump of grass.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To beat or whip; to drub.
  • v. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
  • v. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
  • n. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
  • n. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat; drub.
  • To dress (fibrous material) by beating.
  • n. Same as scutcher, 1.
  • n. A coarse tow that separates from flax during scutching.
    • Word Usage
    "Then you 'scutch' it, which requires scraping the last of it away with a dull knife."
    Verb Form
    scutched    scutches    scutching   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    swingle   
     
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