verb: (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub.
verb: To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
noun: (countable) A 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.
noun: (uncountable) The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
noun: (countable) A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
