Definitions for scutch

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Spelling: [skuhch]

IPA: /skʌtʃ/

Scutch is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in scutch (cchstu).

Definitions for scutch

noun

1. Also called scutcher. a device for scutching flax fiber.
2. Also, scotch. a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.

verb (used with object)

1. to dress (flax) by beating.
2. Also, scotch. to dress (brick or stone).

Origin of scutch

1680-90; Middle French *escoucher (French écoucher) to beat flax Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, for Latin excutere (ex- ex-¹ + -cutere, combining form of quatere

Examples for scutch

The affray at Ferrara put the scutch upon the mighty railway scheme.

scutch′er, one who dresses hedges: an implement used in scutching, esp.

To scutch 100 pounds of broken flax clean, 130 hours of labour are required by the German swinging method.

scutch is the name given to a manure made from the waste products incidental to the manufacture of glue and the dressing of skins.