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scutch

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) scutch (verb)
  2. 2) scutch (noun)
  3. scotch (noun)
  4. scotch (noun)

1scutch

verb \ˈskəch\

Definition of SCUTCH

transitive verb
: to separate the woody fiber from (flax or hemp) by beating

Origin of SCUTCH

obsolete French escoucher, from Middle French escochier, from Vulgar Latin *excuticare to beat out, from Latin excutere, from ex- + quatere to shake, strike
First Known Use: 1733

Rhymes with SCUTCH

clutch, crutch, cutch, dutch, Dutch, grutch, hutch, much, smutch, such, touch

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