scutch.
To beat or whip; to drub.
Meaning & usage
To beat or whip; to drub.
To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre.
A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre.
A tuft or clump of grass.
Where this word comes from
From Irish.
Alternative form of skutch.
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