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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.]
scutch′er n.
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scutcher

(ˈskʌtʃə)
n
(Textiles) another word for scutch12
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