scutch

[ skuhch ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to dress (flax) by beating.

  2. Also scotch . to dress (brick or stone).

noun
  1. Also called scutcher . a device for scutching flax fiber.

  2. Also scotch . a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.

Origin of scutch

1
1680–90; <Middle French *escoucher (French écoucher) to beat flax <Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, for Latin excutere (ex-ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shatter; cf. quash)

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British Dictionary definitions for scutch (1 of 2)

scutch1

/ (skʌtʃ) /


verb
  1. (tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding

noun
  1. Also called: scutcher the tool used for this

Origin of scutch

1
C18: from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin excuticāre (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex- 1 + quatere to shake

British Dictionary definitions for scutch (2 of 2)

scutch2

/ (skʌtʃ) /


verb(tr)
  1. Northern English dialect to strike with an open hand

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