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Flax Implement Crossword Clue

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noun

• An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.

verb

• To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.

• To beat off the tops of (weeds) without pulling up the roots.

• To dangle; to wave hanging.

• To swing for pleasure.

38%8 A machine used in flax-mills for scutching flax.
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35%9Implement for breaking flax stems
noun

• a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous.

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New York Times16 May 1984 Down 45
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