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

• strickle
• strickled
• strickles
• strickling
• strict
• stricter
• strictest
• strictish
• strictly
• strictly for the birds
• strictness
• strictnesses
• stricture
• strictured
• gleamiest
• gleaming
• gleamings
• gleams
• gleamy
• glean
• gleaned
• gleaner
• gleaners
• gleaning
• gleanings