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scutch


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scutch  \Scutch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scutched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Scutching}.]  [See  {Scotch}  to  cut  slightly.] 
  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scutch  \Scutch\,  n. 
  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.