scutch : Idioms & Phrases

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scutch grass

  • noun trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
    Cynodon dactylon; Bermuda grass; doob; devil grass; Bahama grass; star grass; kweek.
WordNet
Scutch" grass`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Webster 1913

Scutching machine

  • a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; called also batting machine.
Webster 1913