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Meaning of scutched

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

scutched

verb

Definitions

  1. To beat or whip; to drub.

  2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

    Example: 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”.

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