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.
To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
A feature resembling a welt.
A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
To cause to have welts; to beat.
To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.