What does "scutch" mean?
Scutch: To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
Additional senses
- 2.To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing. Scutching machine, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; -- called also batting machine.
- 3.A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
- 4.The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." Cuthbert Bede.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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