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scutcher
▪ I. † ˈscutcher1 Obs. [f. scutch v.1 + -er1.] A stick, a whip.1611 Cotgr., Verge,..a whisker, switch, or scutcher, to ride with. Ibid. s.v. Singlant.▪ II. ˈscutcher2 (ˈskʌtʃə(r)) Also scotcher, skutcher. [f. scutch v.2 Cf. OF. *escouchoir, in 15th c. escoussour flail.] 1. An implement or apparatus ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Scutching
Scutching can be done by hand or by a machine known as a scutcher. A scutching machine for cotton (known as a scutcher) was invented in 1797, but did not get much attention until it was introduced in the cotton mills of wikipedia.org
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scotcher
scotcher variant of scutcher. Oxford English Dictionary
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Scutchamer Knob
An alternate explanation is that the name is based on the word "scutcher", someone who "scutched" or beat out flax to loosen its fibres, and the knob was wikipedia.org
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scutch
▪ I. scutch, n.1 Now chiefly dial. (skʌtʃ) [f. scutch v.] A stroke with a stick or whip.1611 Cotgr., Fessée, a scutch on the breech, a lash on the buttocks. Ibid., Singlet, a scutch,..or ierke with a rod, &c.▪ II. scutch, n.2 (skʌtʃ) Also 8 skutch, 9 scotch. [a. OF. escouche (15th c.; mod.F. écouche... Oxford English Dictionary
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Feldgeister
described as a three-footed bird, as a yellow bird with goat voice, as half a goat and half a bird, as a goat with horse feet and a mouth like a half-opened scutcher wikipedia.org
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Ancoats
Their speciality was a machine called a Combined Opener and Scutcher that was very effective in the cleaning of most types of cotton without damaging the wikipedia.org
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stringy
stringy, a. (ˈstrɪŋɪ) [f. string n. + -y1.] 1. a. Resembling string or fibre; consisting of string-like pieces. Chiefly applied to vegetable or animal tissues, esp. meat when its fibres have become tough.1669 W. Jackson in Phil. Trans. IV. 1061 Mosses..are a kind of Moorish boggy ground, very string... Oxford English Dictionary
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Newmills Corn and Flax Mills
In addition to the mills, Gallagher purchased a residence, public house, grocery and ancillary buildings, including a scutcher's cottage This was located wikipedia.org
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flax
▪ I. flax, n. (flæks) Forms: 1 flæx, fleax, 1–5 flex, 4 south. vlexe, 4–6 flexe, 5–7 flaxe, (7 flacks), 4– flax. [Com. W.Ger.: OE. fleax = OFris. flax, OS. *flahs (MDu., DU., LG. vlas), OHG. flahs (MHG. vlahs, mod.G. flachs):—OTeut. *flahso{supm} str. neut.; commonly referred to the OTeut. root *fle... Oxford English Dictionary
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Neil Snodgrass
In 1802 at Dornoch he invented a machine for cleaning cotton or flax waste known as the "Scutcher" (a type of blowing machine). wikipedia.org
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opener
opener (ˈəʊp(ə)nə(r)) [f. open v. + -er1.] 1. a. One who or that which opens, in the senses of the verb. Also opener-up.1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Pref. 11 An opener and teller of the trueth. a 1555 Ridley Brief Declar. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 29 An opener of high mysteries in Scripture. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Taylor, Lang & Co
When the firm stopped manufacturing this line, Edward entered the 'scutcher' (a beating-engine, used to bring floss and refuse silk to a downy condition wikipedia.org
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wool
▪ I. wool, n. (wʊl) Forms: 1, 5–6 wul, wull, 3–6 woll, 4–5 wulle, wolle, 4–6 wole, woolle, 5–6 Sc. vol, (1 uul, 3, 6 wol, 5 who(o)ll, whowl, Sc. woyll, voyll, wo, 6 woull(e), 5–7 Sc. wow, 6–8 wooll, (8 owl, 8– dial. woo, oo', oo), 6– wool. [Com. Teut. and Indo-Eur.: OE. wull, str. f. = OFris. wolle,... Oxford English Dictionary
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Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
There is a complete sequence of machines that would have taken the bolls from the bales: opener, scutcher, breaker card, finisher card, draw frame and wikipedia.org
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