scutch

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To beat or whip; to drub.
 * 2) To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
 * 3) * 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”.

Derived terms

 * scutching sword

Translations

 * Bulgarian:


 * Bulgarian: мъна
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vitoa
 * French:
 * Galician: tascar,
 * German:
 * Italian: scotolare
 * Lithuanian: brukti
 * Maori: parahuhu
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: ffustio

Noun



 * 1)  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)  The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
 * 3)  A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
 * 1)  A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
 * 1)  A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.

Derived terms

 * scutch grass

Translations

 * Bulgarian: мъналка
 * Catalan: espadadora
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: tasca,, tascón
 * German: Flachsschwinge, Hanfschwinge
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: klepaczka
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: ffust lin, llinffust


 * Galician: tasco
 * Maori: kaku, kakukaku

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) A tuft or clump of grass.