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scutch
1/ skʌtʃ /
verb
- tr to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding
noun
- Also calledscutcher the tool used for this
scutch
2/ skʌtʃ /
verb
- dialect.to strike with an open hand
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scutch1
C18: from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin excuticāre (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex- 1+ quatere to shake
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Example Sentences
To scutch 100 pounds of broken flax clean, 130 hours of labour are required by the German swinging method.
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Scutch′er, one who dresses hedges: an implement used in scutching, esp.
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Scutch is the name given to a manure made from the waste products incidental to the manufacture of glue and the dressing of skins.
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The affray at Ferrara put the scutch upon the mighty railway scheme.
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It was a moor at the time of the battle in 1485, overgrown with thistles and scutch-grass.
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