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Cutch vs Scutch - What's the difference?

cutch | scutch |

As nouns the difference between cutch and scutch

is that cutch is (nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail while scutch is an implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them or scutch can be a tuft or clump of grass.

As a verb scutch is

(obsolete|uk|scotland|dialect) to beat or whip; to drub.

cutch

English

Noun

(-)
  • (nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail

    • scutch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Perhaps imitative.

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub.
  • 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 ”.
  • * 1976 , (Robert Nye), Falstaff :
    • His prey was more often the over-scutched huswives, the threepenny whores with well-whipped backs, both from the beadle and their own hot-blooded clients.

    Noun

    (es)
  • An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them.
  • The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
  • * Cuthbert Bede
    • The smoke of the burning scutch .
    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (es)
  • A tuft or clump of grass.