scutch
A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of…A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
Flachsschwinge, Hanfschwinge
трепа́лоtrepálo
(uncountable)The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
(countable)A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
A tuft or clump of grass.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre.From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre.
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plural: scutchesSynonyms
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