scutch

scutch definitions

noun
  • 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. 

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