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scutch S0179700 (skŭch)tr.v. scutched, scutch·ing, scutch·es To separate the valuable fibers of (flax, for example) from the woody parts by beating, combing, or scraping.n. An implement or machine used for scutching. [Obsolete French escoucher, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, frequentative of Latin excutere, to shake out : ex-, ex- + quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.] scutch′er n.scutch (skʌtʃ) vb (Textiles) (tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by poundingn (Textiles) Also called: scutcher the tool used for this[C18: from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin excuticāre (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex-1 + quatere to shake]
scutch (skʌtʃ) vb (tr) dialect Northern English to strike with an open handscutch (skʌtʃ) v.t. 1. to dress (flax) by beating. n. 2. Also, scutch′er. a device for scutching flax fiber. [1680–90; < Middle French *escoucher (French écoucher) < Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, for Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, comb. form of quatere to shatter] scutch Past participle: scutched Gerund: scutching
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I scutch | you scutch | he/she/it scutches | we scutch | you scutch | they scutch |
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I scutched | you scutched | he/she/it scutched | we scutched | you scutched | they scutched |
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I am scutching | you are scutching | he/she/it is scutching | we are scutching | you are scutching | they are scutching |
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I have scutched | you have scutched | he/she/it has scutched | we have scutched | you have scutched | they have scutched |
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I was scutching | you were scutching | he/she/it was scutching | we were scutching | you were scutching | they were scutching |
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I had scutched | you had scutched | he/she/it had scutched | we had scutched | you had scutched | they had scutched |
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I will scutch | you will scutch | he/she/it will scutch | we will scutch | you will scutch | they will scutch |
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I will have scutched | you will have scutched | he/she/it will have scutched | we will have scutched | you will have scutched | they will have scutched |
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I will be scutching | you will be scutching | he/she/it will be scutching | we will be scutching | you will be scutching | they will be scutching |
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I have been scutching | you have been scutching | he/she/it has been scutching | we have been scutching | you have been scutching | they have been scutching |
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I will have been scutching | you will have been scutching | he/she/it will have been scutching | we will have been scutching | you will have been scutching | they will have been scutching |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been scutching | you had been scutching | he/she/it had been scutching | we had been scutching | you had been scutching | they had been scutching |
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I would scutch | you would scutch | he/she/it would scutch | we would scutch | you would scutch | they would scutch |
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I would have scutched | you would have scutched | he/she/it would have scutched | we would have scutched | you would have scutched | they would have scutched | Translationsscutch
scutch[skəch] (design engineering) A small, picklike tool which has flat cutting edges for trimming bricks. Also known as scotch. scutch, scotchA bricklayer’s tool, with a cutting edge on each side, for cutting, trimming, and dressing brick or stone.MedicalSeecouch grass |