scutch

Meaning

Noun

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.
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.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To beat or whip; to drub.
2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

Synonyms

swingle

shake

🫨

beat

swingling machine

picking

scotch

crush mangle

Translations

zwingelen

maciulla

tiller

maciullare

scotola

scotolare

zwingelmolen

atmak

ditmek

döverek kabartmak

καθαρίζω κτυπών

sopayla vurarak temizlemek

σφυρί κτιστού

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skʌt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *scucchen

In summary

From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre.