scutched; scutching; scutches
: to separate the woody fiber from (flax or hemp) by beating
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: scutcher
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: a bricklayer's hammer for cutting, trimming, and dressing bricks
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Noun
There was a riot of nettles, ferns, ryegrass, scutch, goosefoot, wild oat, green amaranth, chicory, sorrel, cockspur, and the like, otherwise known as weeds by farmers throughout the world. . . .
—Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
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“Scutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scutch. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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