SCUTCH


Meaning of SCUTCH in English

v.tr. dress (fibrous material, esp. retted flax) by beating. scutcher n.

[ OF escouche, escoucher (dial.), escousser, ult. f. L excutere excuss- (as EX-(1), quatere shake) ]

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