scutch vs slither

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. 

slither

noun
  • A sliver. 

  • A limestone rubble. 

verb
  • To move about smoothly and from side to side. 

  • To slide 

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