SCUTCH

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To beat or whip; to drub. [Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2.
v.

To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

3.
v.

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.

4.
n.

A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.

5.
n.

The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." Cuthbert Bede.

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