bracket vs scutch

bracket

noun
  • A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 

  • The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions. 

  • "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names. 

  • One of several ranges of numbers. 

  • The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter. 

  • A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range. 

  • A printed diagram of games in a tournament. 

  • A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes. 

  • Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part. 

  • "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation. 

  • Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately. 

  • A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf. 

verb
  • To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets. 

  • To set aside, discount, ignore. 

  • To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit. 

  • To place in the same category. 

  • To enclose in typographical brackets. 

  • In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience. 

  • To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained. 

  • To support by means of mechanical brackets. 

  • To mark distinctly for special treatment. 

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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