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scutchin

scutchin is the obsolete spelling of scutcheon.

Meaning of scutcheon

Noun

scutcheon (plural scutcheons)

  1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
    • But she againe him in the shield did smite / With so fierce furie and great puissaunce, / That, through his three-square scuchin piercing quite / And through his mayled hauberque, by mischaunce / The wicked steele through his left side did glaunce.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. An escutcheon; a small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.

Forms of scutchin

pluralscutchins

Questions about scutchin

What is scutchin the obsolete spelling of?
Scutchin is the obsolete spelling of scutcheon.

Words near scutchin in the dictionary

  1. scutcheonless
  2. scutcheons
  3. scutcher
  4. scutchers
  5. scutches
  6. scutchin
  7. scutching
  8. scutching sword
  9. scutching swords
  10. scutchings
  11. scute

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