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 beat, to strike.
To make a whoop.
To shout, to yell.
To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
To defeat thoroughly.
A bump on a racetrack.
A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.