SCUTCH

I. transitive verb Etymology: obsolete French escoucher, from Middle French escochier, from Vulgar Latin *excuticare to beat out, from Latin excutere, from ex- + quatere to shake, strike Date: 1733 to separate the woody fiber from (flax or hemp) by beating, II. noun Date: circa 1791 ~er , a bricklayer's hammer for cutting, trimming, and dressing bricks