ribbon vs scutch

ribbon

noun
  • A narrow strip or shred. 

  • An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer. 

  • A painted moulding on the side of a ship. 

  • A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide. 

  • A subheadline presented above its parent headline. 

  • In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip. 

  • A bandsaw. 

  • A watchspring. 

  • A sliver. 

  • A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus. 

  • An awareness ribbon. 

  • A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping. 

verb
  • To decorate with ribbon. 

  • To stripe or streak. 

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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