Definition of scutch

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

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Fructed :: Fructed (a.) Bearing fruit; -- said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon.
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.
Scutcheoned :: Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.
Scutch :: Scutch (n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
Supporter :: Supporter (n.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures..
Scutcheon :: Scutcheon (n.) A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4..
Portate :: Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate..
Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle..
Point :: Point (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..
Palewise :: Palewise (adv.) In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise..
Inescutcheon :: Inescutcheon (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.
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..
Escocheon :: Escocheon (n.) Escutcheon.
Scutch :: Scutch (n.) A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.
Passant :: Passant (v. i.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised..
Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
Gules :: Gules (n.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red..
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