Definitions for scutches

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scutches scutch

Spelling: [skuhch]

IPA: /skʌtʃ/

Scutches is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in scutches (ccehsstu).

Definitions for scutches

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.
3. Also called scutcher. a device for scutching flax fiber.
4. 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).
3. to dress (flax) by beating.
4. Also, scotch. to dress (brick or stone).

Origin of scutches

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 scutches

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.

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

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

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.