Definition of scutch

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scutch    (skch) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
scutched, scutch·ing, scutch·es

To separate the valuable fibers of (flax, for example) from the woody parts by beating.

NOUN:

An implement used for scutching.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Obsolete French escoucher, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticre, frequentative of Latin excutere, to shake out : ex-, ex- + quatere, to shake; see kwt- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
scutcher(Noun)