scutch
to dress (flax) by beating.
Also scotch . to dress (brick or stone).
Also called scutcher . a device for scutching flax fiber.
Also scotch . a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.
Origin of scutch
1Words Nearby scutch
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How to use scutch in a sentence
To scutch 100 pounds of broken flax clean, 130 hours of labour are required by the German swinging method.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Urescutch′er, one who dresses hedges: an implement used in scutching, esp.
scutch is the name given to a manure made from the waste products incidental to the manufacture of glue and the dressing of skins.
Manures and the principles of manuring | Charles Morton AikmanThe affray at Ferrara put the scutch upon the mighty railway scheme.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber | James Aitken WylieIt was a moor at the time of the battle in 1485, overgrown with thistles and scutch-grass.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive | Joel Cook
British Dictionary definitions for scutch (1 of 2)
/ (skʌtʃ) /
(tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding
Also called: scutcher the tool used for this
Origin of scutch
1British Dictionary definitions for scutch (2 of 2)
/ (skʌtʃ) /
Northern English dialect to strike with an open hand
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