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Scutching - Wikipedia
To scutch flax by hand, the scutching knife is scraped down with a sharp ... When scutching was done by hand, people could scutch up to 15 pounds (6.8 ... en.wikipedia.org
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Scutching Flax - YouTube
Part of a series of videos on the flax-to-linen process. Scutching scrapes off much of the broken bits of stalk clinging to the flax fibers ... www.youtube.com
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SCUTCH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
scutch. 1 of 2. verb · ˈskəch. scutched; scutching; scutches. transitive verb. : to separate the woody fiber from (flax or hemp) by beating. scutch. 2 of ... www.merriam-webster.com
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scutching
▪ I. ˈscutching, vbl. n.1 [f. scutch v.1 + -ing1.] The action of scutch v.11611 Cotgr., Singlement,..a whisking, lashing, ierking, scutching. 1641 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (Bannatyne Cl.) I. 326 Discourse falling in concerning the Deputie's scutching of a gentleman with a rod. 1641 Hinde J. Bruen x... Oxford English Dictionary
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Breaking, Scutching, and Hackling | Christine Ryan
Scutching is the next stage in the processing to discard the broken inner woody shive. A scutching knife is used to scrape away and remove ... christineryan.co.uk
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[PDF] Flax Scutching turns flax plants into linen cloth
Flax scutching turns flax fibers into linen cloth. The Stahlstown Flax Scutching Festival demonstrates the process as it has been practiced for more than ... flaxscutching.org
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Scutching knives - Exquisite Machinery
Scutching helps further remove the woody boon and shorter tow fibers, while softening and aligning the long fibers for the final step—hackling ... exquisitemachinery.com
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Flax to Linen: Breaking and Scutching - Mother Earth News
Removing the boon is called scutching. Traditionally scutching boards and wooden scutching knives were used to remove the boon by scraping the ... www.motherearthnews.com
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Scutching - World Wide Words
Scutching, in which the stems were beaten to remove the useful fibres from the plant material around them. www.worldwidewords.org
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scutching board | Homeplace Earth
The process of separating it from the flax fiber is called scutching. Boon can be whisked away by rubbing it off against a hard surface, often using a ... homeplaceearth.wordpress.com
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Heckling (flax)
Dressing consists of three steps: breaking, scutching and heckling. After breaking, some of the straw is scraped from the fibers in the scutching process, then the fiber is pulled through various sized heckling combs, or wikipedia.org
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scotching
scotching vbl. n. var. scutching vbl. n. s.v. *scutch v.3 Oxford English Dictionary
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Retting
Some machines combine breaking and scutching operations. Waste material from the first scutching, consisting of shives and short fibres, is usually treated a second time. wikipedia.org
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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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willowing
willowing, vbl. n. (ˈwɪləʊɪŋ) [f. willow n. 4 or v. + -ing1.] = willying (after willy n.1).1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv**/1 A scutching machine, so arranged that the preliminary process of willowing is performed within it. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Willowing-machine...2. (C... Oxford English Dictionary
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