Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
scotching .
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- verb Present participle of
scutch .
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Examples
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The cooperative belongs to the 350 farmers who deliver their flax for scutching, when machines extract the linen fibers.
The Muddy Roots of Fine Linen Christina Passariello 2011
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At the end of the scutching line, the cooperative uses five criteria to measure quality: oiliness, color, strength, fineness and homogeneity.
The Muddy Roots of Fine Linen Christina Passariello 2011
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At least I'm pretty sure it's Clotho Клото Kloto—why did Greek theta give Russian t here rather than f? who's doing the scutching.
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The hereditary calling [83] of the Bahna is the cleaning or scutching of cotton, which is done by subjecting it to the vibration of a bow-string.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Before the fibers are entirely free from the woody part of the plant they undergo the processes of beating, breaking, scutching, hackling, etc.
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The particles of woody matter adhering to the fibers are detached by scutching.
Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson
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I heard father tell him he'd give him a scutching he'd remember to the day of his death; but inasmuch as I had told Leon to do it, I had to grab father and hold to him tight as I could, until I got breath enough to explain how it happened.
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I heard father tell him he'd give him a scutching he'd remember to the day of his death; but inasmuch as I had told Leon to do it, I had to grab father and hold to him tight as I could, until I got breath enough to explain how it happened.
Laddie; a true blue story Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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Ossaroo soon prepared a sufficient quantity for his purpose, having separated the fibre by "hand-scutching;" and working continually at the thing, in a few days he succeeded in making a complete mesh-net of several yards in length.
The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850
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On the frontier, processing flax involved five main tasks: retting, breaking, scutching, heckling and spinning.
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