scutch

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To beat or whip; to drub.
2. fiil To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

   “2005, John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, and Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition), section 32.10 “Processing Fiber Flax”, the title of subsection 32.10.3 “Scutching”.”

3. isim 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.
4. isim The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.

   “the labourers went peacefully about their usual employments, some driving teams of ponderous horses at the plough, others burning scutch and brambles, the rubbish of field and forest.”

5. isim A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
6. isim A tuft or clump of grass.