SCUTCH


Meaning of SCUTCH in English

[ skʌtʃ ]

■ verb dress (fibrous material, especially retted flax) by beating it.

Derivatives

~er noun

Origin

C18: from obs. Fr. escoucher , from L. excutere 'shake out'.

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