Definition of scutch

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Scutch (n.) A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.

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Escocheon :: Escocheon (n.) Escutcheon.
Flanched :: Flanched (a.) Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those bearings.
Bermuda Grass :: Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass..
Couche :: Couche (v. t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon..
Purpure :: Purpure (n.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base)..
Fesse :: Fesse (n.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries..
Palet :: Palet (n.) A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale..
Palewise :: Palewise (adv.) In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise..
Scutch :: 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.
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities..
Coward :: Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
Scutcher :: Scutcher (n.) One who scutches.
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole..
Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.
Inescutcheon :: Inescutcheon (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.
Escutcheoned :: Escutcheoned (a.) Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.
Armorial :: Armorial (a.) Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family..
Party :: Party (v.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale..
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.
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