scutches

Noun (1)

scutch (countable and uncountable, plural scutches)

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.

   Synonyms:

   scutcher, swingle

2. (uncountable) The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
   • the labourers went peacefully about their usual employments, some driving teams of ponderous horses at the plough, others burning scutch and brambles, the rubbish of field and forest.1897, Vincent J. Leatherdale, A Lady of Wales
3. (countable) A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.

   Synonyms:

   scotch

Noun (2)

scutch (plural scutches)

1. A tuft or clump of grass.

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