SCUTCH

scutch

Noun

  1. An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them.
  2. The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A tuft or clump of grass.

Verb

  1. To beat or whip; to drub.
  2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.


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