"scutch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skʌt͡ʃ/ Forms: scutches [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃ Etymology: From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*scucchen}} Middle English *scucchen, {{der|en|xno|escucher}} Anglo-Norman escucher, {{der|en|VL.|*excuticāre}} Vulgar Latin *excuticāre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scutch (countable and uncountable, plural scutches)
  1. (countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Tools Categories (lifeform): Flax Synonyms: scutcher, swingle Translations (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp): мъналка (mǎnalka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), espadadora [feminine] (Catalan), zwingel [masculine] (Dutch), vidin (Finnish), écang [masculine] (French), tasca (Galician), espadela [feminine] (Galician), tascón [masculine] (Galician), Flachsschwinge [feminine] (German), Hanfschwinge [feminine] (German), maciulla [feminine] (Italian), scotola [feminine] (Italian), klepaczka [feminine] (Polish), трепа́ло (trepálo) (Russian), espadilla [feminine] (Spanish), skäktkniv [common-gender] (Swedish), skäkta [common-gender] (Swedish), ffust lin [feminine] (Welsh), llinffust [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scutch-en-noun-8xD-GBUp Disambiguation of Tools: 35 11 24 7 8 16 Disambiguation of Flax: 18 22 22 3 11 24 Disambiguation of 'knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp': 71 22 7
  2. (uncountable) The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Flax Translations (refuse of scutched flax): tasco [masculine] (Galician), kaku (Maori), kakukaku (Maori)
    Sense id: en-scutch-en-noun-qi61hAk3 Disambiguation of Flax: 18 22 22 3 11 24 Disambiguation of 'refuse of scutched flax': 18 69 14
  3. (countable) A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Flax Synonyms: scotch
    Sense id: en-scutch-en-noun-M~DEjppx Disambiguation of Flax: 18 22 22 3 11 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 13 45 3 19 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 11 37 3 27 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scutch grass
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: scutches [plural]
Etymology: From Irish. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish Head templates: {{en-noun}} scutch (plural scutches)
  1. A tuft or clump of grass.
    Sense id: en-scutch-en-noun-r89CXXYP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /skʌt͡ʃ/ Forms: scutches [present, singular, third-person], scutching [participle, present], scutched [participle, past], scutched [past]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃ Etymology: From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*scucchen}} Middle English *scucchen, {{der|en|xno|escucher}} Anglo-Norman escucher, {{der|en|VL.|*excuticāre}} Vulgar Latin *excuticāre Head templates: {{en-verb}} scutch (third-person singular simple present scutches, present participle scutching, simple past and past participle scutched)
  1. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, Northern England, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Flax Translations (beat or flog): чукам (čukam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-scutch-en-verb-8fvtPUcU Disambiguation of Flax: 18 22 22 3 11 24 Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'beat or flog': 65 35
  2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. Categories (lifeform): Flax Translations (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre): мъна (mǎna) (Bulgarian), zwingelen (Dutch), vitoa (Finnish), écanguer (French), tascar (Galician), espadelar (Galician), schwingen (German), scotolare (Italian), brukti (english: flax) (Lithuanian), parahuhu (Maori), трепа́ть (trepátʹ) (Russian), skäkta (Swedish), ffustio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scutch-en-verb-D4DAN4sI Disambiguation of Flax: 18 22 22 3 11 24 Disambiguation of 'to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scutching sword
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
      "word": "vidin"
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
      "word": "tasca"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
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      "sense": "knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp",
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