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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A wooden instrument resembling a sword, used for beating and scraping flax or hemp so as to cleanse it of woody or coarse particles ...  3, record 2, English, - scutching%20knife

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

First, a process called rippling used coarse iron wire combs to strip the seeds and leaves from the [flax] plant. Next, the stalks were retted to loosen the pectin or gum that attaches the fiber to the stem. [...] After retting, the plants were squeezed ans allowed to dry before they were broken on a flax brake. [...] More chaff was removed with a scutching knife and board, then the fiber was drawn through hackles [...] to comb and straighten the longer fibers prior to spinning.  7, record 2, English, - scutching%20knife

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

scutcher: Although the designation originally referred to the manual tool, it is currently used to refer to the scutching machine.  8, record 2, English, - scutching%20knife

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Planche de bois dur, peu épaisse, munie d'une poignée avec laquelle on [frappe] la filasse lors de l'écangage.  3, record 2, French, - %C3%A9cang

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

in -- (...) the cotton comes down the chute to the hopper feed, which helps to break up the clumps by (...) a spiked cylinder (...) which breaks up the cotton with the help of bars.  1, record 3, English, - picker

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

on dispose dans les casiers interchangeable plusieurs balles qui parviennent alors sur la --. Sur le bâti se meut un chariot, muni de cylindres doubles qui défloconnent les balles.  1, record 3, French, - floconneuse

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

double scutcher: term standardized by ISO.  2, record 4, English, - double%20scutcher

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

batteur double : terme normalisé par l'ISO.  2, record 4, French, - batteur%20double

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

After retting and drying the flax plants are put through a machine with tightly interlocking fluted rollers to break up the wood core. Scutching now follows to remove the wood or shive from the fibre. This is a beating process previously done on the scutcher's wheel, but now carried out on a turbine scutcher as a continuous process, part of a factory system.  1, record 5, English, - turbine%20scutcher

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Two-edged bricklayer's tool used for trimming, cutting, and dressing.  4, record 6, English, - scutch

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Outil du tailleur de pierre tendre dont les deux parties de la tête sont tranchantes.  1, record 6, French, - taillant

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Malgré la ressemblance de forme, ne pas confondre avec l'asseau, qui ne comporte qu'un seul taillant.  2, record 6, French, - taillant

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

the formation of cotton into an even, flat sheet and rolling it into a lap, plus final opening and cleaning, are the functions of the -- or scutcher.  1, record 11, English, - picker

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

--. Cette machine diffère des ouvreuses en ce que le tambour à lames est remplacé par un volant // fig.6: batteur nappeur simple [p.45]  1, record 11, French, - batteur

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

scutching: ... the turbine machines which are used have steel rollers attached to revolving cylinders that beat out more of the woody portions of the fiber straw.  1, record 12, English, - turbine%20machine

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pour séparer mécaniquement les fibres du bois qu'elles enserrent, on utilise la turbine.  1, record 12, French, - turbine

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

scutching: ... the turbine machines which are used have steel rollers attached to revolving cylinders that beat out more of the woody portions of the fiber straw.  1, record 13, English, - turbine%20machine

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

À la sortie de la teilleuse, la filasse est reprise manuellement en poignées [et mise en balles.]  1, record 13, French, - teilleuse

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

teillage. Pour séparer mécaniquement les fibres du bois qu'elles enserrent, on utilise la turbine.  1, record 13, French, - teilleuse

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish