Definition of "scutch" in English

verb

1. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, Northern England, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub.

2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

   • 2005, John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, and Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition), section 32.10 “Processing Fiber Flax”, the title of subsection 32.10.3 “Scutching”.

noun

1. (countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.

2. (uncountable) The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.

3. (countable) A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.

noun

1. A tuft or clump of grass.