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scutched

scutched is the simple past and past participle of scutch.

Meaning of scutch

Verb

scutch (third-person singular simple present scutches, present participle scutching, simple past and past participle scutched)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete) 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”.

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Questions about scutched

What is scutched the simple past and past participle of?
Scutched is the simple past and past participle of scutch.

Words near scutched in the dictionary

  1. scutation
  2. scutations
  3. scutch
  4. scutch grass
  5. scutch grasses
  6. scutched
  7. scutcheon
  8. scutcheoned
  9. scutcheonless
  10. scutcheons
  11. scutcher

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