scutch

[ skuhch ]

/ skʌtʃ /

verb (used with object)

to dress (flax) by beating.

Also scotch . to dress (brick or stone).

noun

Also called scutcher . a device for scutching flax fiber.

Also scotch . a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.

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)

Words nearby scutch

scut, scuta, scutage, Scutari, scutate, scutch, scutcheon, scutch grass, scute, scutellate, scutellation

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Example sentences from the Web for scutch

The affray at Ferrara put the scutch upon the mighty railway scheme.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber|James Aitken Wylie
Scutch′er, one who dresses hedges: an implement used in scutching, esp.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
To scutch 100 pounds of broken flax clean, 130 hours of labour are required by the German swinging method.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Scutch is the name given to a manure made from the waste products incidental to the manufacture of glue and the dressing of skins.
Manures and the principles of manuring|Charles Morton Aikman

British Dictionary definitions for scutch (1 of 2)

scutch¹

/ (skʌtʃ) /

verb

(tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding

noun

Also called: scutcher the tool used for this

Word Origin for scutch

C18: from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin excuticāre (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex- 1 + quatere to shake

British Dictionary definitions for scutch (2 of 2)

scutch²

/ (skʌtʃ) /

verb (tr)

Northern English dialect to strike with an open hand

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单词	scutch
释义	scutch [ skuhch ] / skʌtʃ / verb (used with object) to dress (flax) by beating. Also scotch . to dress (brick or stone). noun Also called scutcher . a device for scutching flax fiber. Also scotch . a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick. 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) Words nearby scutch scut, scuta, scutage, Scutari, scutate, scutch, scutcheon, scutch grass, scute, scutellate, scutellation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scutch The affray at Ferrara put the scutch upon the mighty railway scheme. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber\|James Aitken Wylie Scutch′er, one who dresses hedges: an implement used in scutching, esp. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)\|Various To scutch 100 pounds of broken flax clean, 130 hours of labour are required by the German swinging method. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure Scutch is the name given to a manure made from the waste products incidental to the manufacture of glue and the dressing of skins. Manures and the principles of manuring\|Charles Morton Aikman British Dictionary definitions for scutch (1 of 2) scutch¹ / (skʌtʃ) / verb (tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding noun Also called: scutcher the tool used for this Word Origin for scutch C18: from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin excuticāre (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex- 1 + quatere to shake British Dictionary definitions for scutch (2 of 2) scutch² / (skʌtʃ) / verb (tr) Northern English dialect to strike with an open hand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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