hamper vs scutch

hamper

noun
  • A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals 

  • A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper 

  • A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. 

  • A gift basket. 

  • Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. 

verb
  • To put into a hamper. 

  • To impede in motion or progress. 

  • To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle 

scutch

noun
  • A tuft or clump of grass. 

  • 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 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. 

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

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