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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Scutch
//skʌt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "scutch" (9 found)
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Translations
38 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- мъналка noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- мъна verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
- чукам verb (beat or flog)
Catalan
1 entries- espadadora noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
Dutch
2 entries- zwingel noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- zwingelen verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Finnish
2 entries- vidin noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- vitoa verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
French
2 entries- écang noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- écanguer verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Galician
4 entries- espadela noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- tasca noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- tasco noun (refuse of scutched flax)
- tascón noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
German
3 entries- Flachsschwinge noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- Hanfschwinge noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- schwingen verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Italian
3 entries- maciulla noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- scotola noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- scotolare verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Lithuanian
1 entries- brukti verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Māori
4 entries- kaku noun (refuse of scutched flax)
- kakukaku noun (refuse of scutched flax)
- hāro verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
- parahuhu verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Polish
1 entries- klepaczka noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
Russian
2 entries- трепа́ло noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- трепа́ть verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Spanish
2 entries- espadilla noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- tascar verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Swedish
3 entries- skäkta noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- skäktkniv noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- skäkta verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Welsh
3 entries- ffust lin noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- llinffust noun (knife-shaped tool used to separate woody fiber from flax or hemp)
- ffustio verb (to strip off as the cuticle from the fibre)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
His prey was more often the over-scutched huswives, the threepenny whores with well-whipped backs, both from the beadle and their own hot-blooded clients.
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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.
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