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Definitions for Scutch
[1] to dress (flax) by beating.
[2] Also scotch. to dress (brick or stone).
[3] Also called scutch·er . a device for scutching flax fiber.
[4] Also scotch. a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.
[5] (tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding
[6] Also called: scutcher the tool used for this
[7] Northern English dialect to strike with an open hand
Words nearby Scutch
scut, scuta, scutage, scutari, scutate, scutch, scutch grass, scutcheon, scute, scutellate, scutellation
Origin of Scutch
1680–90; < Middle French *escoucher (French écoucher ) to beat flax < Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, for Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shatter; cf. quash)
Word origin for Scutch
C18: from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin excuticāre (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex- 1 + quatere to shake