Scutch

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SCUTCHED (skŭcht); p. pr. & vb. n. SCUTCHING.] [Same as SCOTCH, to cut slightly.]

1. To beat or whip slightly. Halliwell.
2. To dress by beating and separating woody fiber from, as flax; to swingle.
3. (Cotton Manuf.) To beat and loosen the fiber of, as the filaments of cotton; to free from dust by blowing.

Scutching-machine, a machine used to scutch cotton;—called also batting-machine.