meaning of scutches
1. To beat or whip; to drub.
2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc. ) by beating; to swingle.
3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
4. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
5. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
6. A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Related Words
scutch | scutch grass | scutched | scutcheon | scutcheoned | scutcher | scutching |
