scutch
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scutch¹
- /skʌt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ʌtʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre.
verb scutches · scutching · scutched
- To beat or whip; to drub.
- To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. 2005, John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, and Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition), section 32.10 “Processing Fiber Flax”, the title of subsection 32.10.3 “Scutching”.
noun scutches
- 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. the labourers went peacefully about their usual employments, some driving teams of ponderous horses at the plough, others burning scutch and brambles, the rubbish of field and forest.
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A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
Similar: scotch
scutch²
Where it comes from
From Irish.
noun scutches
- A tuft or clump of grass.
scutch³
noun scutches
- Alternative form of skutch
Translations
Every language
verb to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre
| Español | tascar |
|---|---|
| Français | écanguer |
| Deutsch | schwingen |
| Italiano | scotolare |
| Русский | трепа́ть trepátʹ |
noun knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp
| Español | espadilla |
|---|---|
| Français | écang |
| Deutsch | Flachsschwinge, Hanfschwinge |
| Italiano | maciulla, scotola |
| Русский | трепа́ло trepálo |
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