scutch vs scutcher

scutch

noun
  • The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp. 

  • A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks. 

  • 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. 

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

scutcher

noun
  • An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, cotton, etc. 

  • One who scutches. 

  • One who dresses hedges. 

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