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Definition of: scutch
(skuch) v.t.
1. To dress (textile fiber) by beating.
2. To separate the woody parts from the valuable fiber of (flax, etc.) by beating.
—noun An implement for scutching hemp and flax. [Prob. <OF escousser shake,? <Scand. Cf. Norw. skoka a scutch.]
—scutch′er noun
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