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scutching

scutching is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

scutching (plural scutchings)

  1. The separation of the woody shives from flax, hemp, and jute fibres by beating with a scutch.

Forms of scutching

pluralscutchings

Phrases with scutching

Questions about scutching

What does scutching mean?
Scutching means the separation of the woody shives from flax, hemp, and jute fibres by beating with a scutch.
What is scutching the present participle and gerund of?
Scutching is the present participle and gerund of scutch.
What part of speech is scutching?
Scutching is a noun.
What is the plural of scutching?
The plural of scutching is scutchings.

Words near scutching in the dictionary

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

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