Wikidiffcom vs Scutch - What's the difference?
wikidiffcom | scutch |
(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 a verb scutch is
(obsolete|uk|scotland|dialect) to beat or whip; to drub.As a noun scutch is
an implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them or scutch can be a tuft or clump of grass.wikidiffcom
Not English
Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.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 .