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Pronunciation : Scutch
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Scotch to cut slightly.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Scutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scutching.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scutch
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913