binding vs scutch

binding

noun
  • A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment. 

  • The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together. 

  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together. 

  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together. 

  • The association of a named item with an element of a program. 

  • The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in. 

adj
  • Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured. 

  • Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea. 

scutch

noun
  • 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. 

  • A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks. 

  • The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp. 

  • A tuft or clump of grass. 

verb
  • To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. 

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