Scutch

1.

A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.

2.

The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To beat or whip; to drub.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

3.

(TRANSITIVE) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.