Scutch vs Slutch - What's the difference?
scutch | slutch |
(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 :
An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them.
The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
* Cuthbert Bede
A tuft or clump of grass.
As nouns the difference between scutch and slutch
is that scutch is an implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them or scutch can be a tuft or clump of grass while slutch is (uk|dialect) slush.As a verb scutch
is (obsolete|uk|scotland|dialect) to beat or whip; to drub.scutch
English
Etymology 1
Perhaps imitative.Verb
(es)- 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)- The smoke of the burning scutch .