Crossword-Solution: SCUTCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Scutch | v. t. | To beat or whip; to drub. |
| Scutch | v. t. | To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. |
| Scutch | v. t. | To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing. |
| Scutch | n. | A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp. |
| Scutch | n. | The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “SCUTCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding | 1 answer |
| tool used for shaping bricks and stone to the desired shape and size | 1 answer |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with SCUTCH (5)
Elkin's scutch mill at Kilmore, near Omagh, which resulted in the complete destruction of the premises.
Examples: the roots of dahlia, rhubarb, dandelion, and chicory; the underground stems of potato, onion, tulip, scutch-grass, Canada thistle, etc.
Falstaff's account of Shallow, _2 Henry IV_, III, ii, 340: "'a came ever in the rearward of the fashion; and sung those tunes to the over-scutch'd huswives that he heard the carmen whistle, and sware they were his fancies or his good-nights." 'Stal'd' is 'outworn,' or 'grown stale'; and the reference is not to objects, etc., generally, but only to those which have lost the interest of freshness.
Other Common Names--Dog-grass, quick-grass, quack-grass, quitch-grass, quake-grass, scutch-grass, twitch-grass, witch-grass, wheat-grass, creeping wheat-grass, devil's grass, durfa-grass, Durfee-grass, Dutch-grass, Fin's-grass, Chandler's-grass.
The residue remaining after the process is known as “scutch,” and this, unless frequently removed, is a most serious source of nuisance.