[{"word":"scutching","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To beat or whip; to drub.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"2005, John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, and Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition), section 32.10 “Processing Fiber Flax”, the title of subsection 32.10.3 “Scutching”."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The separation of the woody shives from flax, hemp, and jute fibres by beating with a scutch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scutch","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scutching"]}]