maul vs scutch

maul

noun
  • A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat. 

  • A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier. 

verb
  • To beat with a maul. 

  • To criticise harshly. 

  • To handle someone or something in a rough way. 

  • To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal). 

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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