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Scutch

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The scrapings of hides; also refuse of flax. (English, scotch, to cut; Saxon, sceadan.) We have the word in the expression, “You have scotched the snake, not killed it.”

“About half a mile from the southern outfall are two manufactories, where the refuse from the London tanneries, known as scutch, is operated upon.”—The Times.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Scripto rēs Decem
Scriptorēs Quinque
Scriptorēs Tres [the three writers]
Scriptorium
Scriptures
Scudamore (Sir)
Scudding under Bare Poles
Scullabogue Massacre
Sculls
Sculpture
Scutch
Scuttle
Scuttle Out (To)
Scylla
Scylla
Scythian or Tartarian Lamb (The)
Scythian Defiance
Sea
Sea-blue Bird of March (The)
Sea Deities
Sea-girt Isle