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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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Scutching
Hand scutching of flax is done with a wooden scutching knife and a small iron scraper. Machine scutching, while faster and cheaper, causes more waste than scutching by hand. wikipedia.org
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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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Shives
Shives consist of "the woody inner portion of the hemp stalk, broken into pieces and separated from the fiber in the processes of breaking and scutching wikipedia.org
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heckling
heckling, vbl. n. (ˈhɛklɪŋ) The action of heckle v. 1. The splitting and separation of the fibres of flax and hemp.1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. (W. de Worde) xvii. clx. 708 Wyth moche brakyng, heckelynge [MS. Bodl. hechelinge] and robbyng, hardes ben departyd fro the substaunce of hempe and of flex... Oxford English Dictionary
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Windmills in the Isle of Man
Ballakermeen, Onchan The mill at Ballakermeen, Onchan was a scutching and corn mill. Permission for it to be built was granted in 1755. 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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Frederick Fulton
He was scutching flax at the mill where he worked in Outram, just outside Dunedin, when his arm was drawn into the machine and broken in several places wikipedia.org
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swingling
▪ I. † swingling, vbl. n.1 Obs. (ˈswɪŋglɪŋ) In 1 swinglung, (swinclung), 5 swyngyllyng. [Cf. Icel. svingla to rove, Da. svingla to reel, stagger, svingling reeling, giddiness. The form in the northern Alph. Tales may be from Scandinavian.] Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo.c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wü... Oxford English Dictionary
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Evan Leigh
Works He wrote a book, The science of modern cotton spinning : embracing mill architecture, machinery for cotton ginning, opening, scutching, preparing wikipedia.org
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tuck-mill
tuck-mill Now rare. (ˈtʌkmɪl) [f. tuck v.1 + mill n.1] = prec. (Chiefly West of England.)c 1640 J. Smyth Hundred of Berkeley (1885) 4 The multitude of Tuckmills, and fullinge mills which heere abound. 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 108 Where-ever there is a Conveniency of a River for Tuck-mills near... Oxford English Dictionary
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