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sculch

  [skuhlch]
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–noun Eastern New England.
culch (def. 3).

culch

  [kuhlch]
–noun
1. the stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters.
2. the spawn of oysters.
3. Also, sculch, scultch. Eastern New England. rubbish; refuse.
–verb (used with object)
4. to prepare (an oyster bed) with culch.
Also, cultch.

Origin:
1660–70; perh. metathetic var. of clutch; but note OF culche couch
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sculch   (skŭlch)   
n.   New England
Variant of culch.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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