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scutch
(skŭch)
tr.v.scutched, scutch·ing, scutch·es
To separate the valuable fibers of (flax, for example) from the woody parts by beating, combing, or scraping.
n.
An implement or machine used for scutching.
[Obsolete French escoucher, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, frequentative of Latin excutere, to shake out : ex-, ex- + quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]
2. Also, scutch′er. a device for scutching flax fiber.
[1680–90; < Middle French *escoucher (French écoucher) < Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, for Latin excutere (ex-ex-1 + -cutere, comb. form of quatere to shatter]
= to prepare flax for weaving as linen it is softened(technically, "retted") by soaking in water, separated from its woody fibers by beating ("scutched"--this seems to be what Cooper means by "crackling"), and finally combed ("hatcheled")}
510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs lists the following agricultural products: hay, essential oils, cork, cochineal (raw product of animal origin), flowers and ornamental plants, wool, wicker, scutched flax and cotton.