To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
To rape.
To prevent (something) from being successful.
To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
To block a wheel or other round object.
To cut or score; to wound superficially.
A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
Scotch tape
A surface cut or abrasion.
A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
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.