scutch¹ /skuch/

1. To dress (eg flax) by beating
2. To switch

1. A tool for dressing flax, a swingle
2. A bricklayer's cutting tool

scutchˈer noun

1. A person, tool, or part of a machine that scutches
2. The striking part of a threshing mill

• make a beeline for
• makeable
• make a bomb
• make a break for
• make a card
• make account of
• make a clean break
• make a clean breast
• make a clean sweep
• make a clean sweep of
• make a day of it
• make a difference
• make a face
• make a fast buck
• make a figure
• make a fool of
• make after
• make a fuss
• make a fuss of
• make against
• make a good fist of
• make a good meal
• make a good thing of it
• make a go of
• make a habit of