scutch
to dress (flax) by beating.
Also scotch . to dress (brick or stone).
Also called scutcher . a device for scutching flax fiber.
Also scotch . a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.
Origin of scutch
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How to use scutch in a sentence
The second scutcher throws down the heavy dust upon the second grid n′, through which it falls upon the bottom of the case.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe first scutcher makes about 1280 strokes of each of its two arms in a minute; the second 1300.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe reduction of the heavy sheet or lap of cotton from the scutcher, into a comparatively light and thin sliver.
The Story of the Cotton Plant | Frederick WilkinsonThe cotton, as it comes from the opener and the scutcher, is much cleaner and 46 more attractive.
The Fabric of Civilization | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for scutch (1 of 2)
/ (skʌtʃ) /
(tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding
Also called: scutcher the tool used for this
Origin of scutch
1British Dictionary definitions for scutch (2 of 2)
/ (skʌtʃ) /
Northern English dialect to strike with an open hand
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