scarf vs scutch

scarf

noun
  • A type of joint in woodworking. 

  • A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle. 

  • A headscarf. 

  • A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling. 

  • A cormorant. 

  • A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. 

verb
  • To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. 

  • To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint. 

  • To eat very quickly. 

  • To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping. 

  • To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc. 

  • To shape by grinding. 

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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