tr.v. scutched, scutch·ing, scutch·es To separate the valuable fibers of (flax, for example) from the woody parts by beating, combing, or scraping. n. An implement or machine used for scutching. [Obsolete French escoucher, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, frequentative of Latin excutere, to shake out : ex-, ex- + quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] scutcher n. |
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