Definitionen
1.VerbTo beat or whip; to drub.
2.VerbTo separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
3.NounA wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
4.NounThe woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
5.NounA bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
6.NounA tuft or clump of grass.