scutch Meaning, Definition & Usage

Scutch transitive verb

Etymology

See Scotch to cut slightly.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Scutched ; present participle & verbal noun Scutching

Definitions

1. To beat or whip; to drub. Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.
2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.

Scutch noun

Definitions

1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
2. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." Cuthbert Bede.