Definition of scutch

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

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Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
Boon :: Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching..
Gyron :: Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner..
Fructed :: Fructed (a.) Bearing fruit; -- said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon.
Palet :: Palet (n.) A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale..
Dancette :: Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon..
Crestless :: Crestless (a.) Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth.
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.
Marshal :: Marshal (v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement..
Scutcheon :: Scutcheon (n.) A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4..
Scutcheon :: Scutcheon (n.) An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
Inescutcheon :: Inescutcheon (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.
Abyss :: Abyss (n.) The center of an escutcheon.
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister..
Scutcheoned :: Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.
Scutch :: Scutch (n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
Armorial :: Armorial (a.) Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family..
Scutched :: Scutched (imp. & p. p.) of Scutc.
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.
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
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