scutch /skʌt͡ʃ/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •A tuft or clump of grass. •A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions. •The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.the labourers went peacefully about their usual employments, some driving teams of ponderous horses at the plough, others burning scutch and brambles, the rubbish of field and forest. — 1897 •A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks. verb2 •To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.His prey was more often the over-scutched huswives, the threepenny whores with well-whipped backs, both from the beadle and their own hot-blooded clients. — 1976 •(dialect, no longer used) To beat or whip; to drub. formsscutched · scutching · scutches
