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Scutch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.

2. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.

Scutch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To beat or whip; to drub.

2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.

Scutch grass Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.

Scutched [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scutcheon [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

SCUTCHEON , A contractiion of escutcheon , which see.

Scutcheon [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

2. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.

Scutcheoned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Emblazoned on or as a shield.

Scutcher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who scutches.

2. An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.

Scutching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913