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Webster 1913 Edition
Scutch
1.
To beat or whip; to drub.
[Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2.
To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
3.
To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
Scutching machine
, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; – called also
batting machine
.Scutch
,Noun.
1.
A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
2.
The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
“The smoke of the burning scutch.” Cuthbert Bede.
Definition 2024
scutch
scutch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skʌt͡ʃ/
- Rhymes: -ʌtʃ
Verb
scutch (third-person singular simple present scutches, present participle scutching, simple past and past participle scutched)
- (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) 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”.
- 1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:
- His prey was more often the over-scutched huswives, the threepenny whores with well-whipped backs, both from the beadle and their own hot-blooded clients.
Translations
to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre
Noun
scutch (plural scutches)
- An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them.
- The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
- Cuthbert Bede
- The smoke of the burning scutch.
- Cuthbert Bede
Translations
implement used to separate the fibres of flax
Etymology 2
From Irish.
Noun
scutch (plural scutches)