scutch

noun

1. An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them.

2. The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.

3. A tuft or clump of grass.

verb

1. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub.

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