flog vs scutch

flog

verb
  • To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger. 

  • To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc. 

  • To defeat easily or convincingly. 

  • To sell. 

  • To steal something. 

  • To use something to extreme; to abuse. 

  • To whip or scourge as punishment. 

noun
  • A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker. 

  • A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service. 

scutch

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

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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