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[[File:Rhof-flachsbearbeitung.ogg|200px|thumb|Threshing, retting and dressing flax at the [[Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum]]]]
'''Scutching''' is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of [[flax]] in preparation for [[spinning (textiles)|spinning]]. The scutching process separates the impurities from the raw material, such as the seeds from raw cotton or the straw and woody stem from flax fibers.<ref name="OED">"Scutch." ''The Oxford English Dictionary''. 2nd ed. 1989.</ref>{{sfnp|Morton|2008|pp=74–77|ps=}} Scutching can be done by hand or by a machine
==Cotton scutching==
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