scutch

1 of 2

verb

ˈskəch 

scutched; scutching; scutches

transitive verb

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

scutch

2 of 2

noun

1

: scutcher

2

: a bricklayer's hammer for cutting, trimming, and dressing bricks

Word History

Etymology

Verb

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

Verb

1733, in the meaning defined above

Noun

circa 1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for scutch

• clutch
• crutch
• cutch
• dutch
• hutch
• much
• mutch
• such
• touch
• insomuch
• overmuch
• nonesuch