SCUTCH Definition & Meaning

scutch

[ skuhch ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to dress (flax) by beating.
Also . to dress (brick or stone).

noun

Also called ��ܳٳ��İ�. a device for scutching flax fiber.
Also . a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.

scutch

/ ��ʌ��ʃ /

verb

tr to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding

noun

Also calledscutcher the tool used for this

scutch

/ ��ʌ��ʃ /

verb

dialect.
to strike with an open hand

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of scutch¹

1680–90; < Middle French *escoucher ( French é��ǳܳ�� ) to beat flax < Vulgar Latin *��泦�ܳپ��, for Latin excutere ( ex- ex- ¹ + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shatter; quash )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of scutch¹

C18: from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin ��泦�ܳپ�� (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex- ¹+ quatere to shake

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It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wideÏspread in warm countries; Ð called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

From

Scutch, skuch, v.t. to beat: to separate from the core, as flax.—n. a coarse tow that separates from flax in scutching.—ns.

From

Scutch′er, one who dresses hedges: an implement used in scutching, esp. a beater in a flax-scutching machine, &c.;

From

Scutch′ing-sword, a beating instrument in scutching flax by hand.

From

“When pairruts speak Scutch deealect, it’s time we Scuts gae it oop,” said Tammas.

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