scutch¹ /skuch/

1. To dress (eg flax) by beating
2. To switch

1. A tool for dressing flax, a swingle
2. A bricklayer's cutting tool

scutchˈer noun

1. A person, tool, or part of a machine that scutches
2. The striking part of a threshing mill

scutchˈing noun

• inspan
• inspanned
• inspanning
• inspans
• in spate
• in special
• in specie
• inspect
• inspected
• inspecting
• inspectingly
• inspection
• inspectional
• inspections
• inspective
• inspector
• inspectorate
• inspectorates
• inspector general
• inspector generals
• inspectorial
• inspectors
• inspectorship
• inspectorships
• inspects