[scutch] vt [obs. F escoucher, fr. (assumed) VL excuticare to beat out, fr. L excutere, fr. ex- + quatere to shake, strike] (1733): to separate the woody fiber from (flax or hemp) by beating
[2]scutch n (ca. 1791) 1: scutcher
2: a bricklayer's hammer for cutting, trimming, and dressing bricks