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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scutch (skuch),USA pronunciation v.t. - Textilesto dress (flax) by beating.
- Buildingto dress (brick or stone);
scotch.
n. - TextilesAlso called scutch′er. a device for scutching flax fiber.
- BuildingAlso, scotch. a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick.
- Vulgar Latin *excuticāre, for Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shatter; compare quash)
- Middle French *escoucher (French écoucher) to beat flax
- 1680–90
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