scutch

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scutches

V_ing/Gerund

scutching

V_ed/pp

scutched

1.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete)(obsolete, UK, Scotland, Northern England, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub.
2.
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”.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scutches

1.
(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.
Đồng nghĩa: scutcher, swingle
2.
(uncountable)The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
3.
(countable)A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
Đồng nghĩa: scotch
4.
A tuft or clump of grass.

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Đồng nghĩa

scutcher swingle scotch

Cùng gốc / liên quan

scutching sword

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English *scucchen, from escucher, from *excuticāre.