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