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.
To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
To cause to make a thumping sound.
To thud or pound.
A blow that produces a muffled sound.
The sound of such a blow; a thud.