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

• gallows
• gallows-bird
• gallows-birds
• gallowses
• gallows-foot
• gallows frame
• gallows-free
• gallows humour
• gallows humours
• gallows-lee
• gallows-lees
• gallows-maker
• gallows-makers
• gallowsness
• gallowsnesses
• gallows-ripe
• gallows-tree
• gallows-trees
• galls
• gall-sickness
• gallsickness
• gallsicknesses
• gallstone
• gallstones
• gallumph