scutch

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /skʌt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌtʃ ==== Verb ==== scutch (third-person singular simple present scutches, present participle scutching, simple past and past participle scutched) (obsolete, UK, Scotland, Northern England, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. 2005, John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, and Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition), section 32.10 “Processing Fiber Flax”, the title of subsection 32.10.3 “Scutching”. ===== Derived terms ===== scutching sword ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== scutch (countable and uncountable, plural scutches) (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. Synonyms: scutcher, swingle (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. Synonym: scotch ===== Derived terms ===== scutch grass ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Irish. ==== Noun ==== scutch (plural scutches) A tuft or clump of grass. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== scutch (plural scutches) Alternative form of skutch.