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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

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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, fiche 1, Anglais, - scutching%20knife

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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, fiche 1, Anglais, - scutching%20knife

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scutcher : Although the designation originally referred to the manual tool, it is currently used to refer to the scutching machine.  8, fiche 1, Anglais, - scutching%20knife

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

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Planche de bois dur, peu épaisse, munie d'une poignée avec laquelle on [frappe] la filasse lors de l'écangage.  3, fiche 1, Français, - %C3%A9cang

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Anglais

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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, fiche 2, Anglais, - turbine%20scutcher

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Français

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Anglais

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the -- removes the broken shives by means of rotating wooden paddles, thus finally releasing the flax fiber from the stalk.  1, fiche 3, Anglais, - scutching%20machine

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Français

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le -- [pour le teillage] est constitué d'un disque rotatif vertical, sur lequel sont insérés (...) 12 pales de noyer ou de frêne. Devant les pales ou écangs l'ouvrier présente (...) le lin (...) broyé (...) [Aussi -- BROTE 70 31]  1, fiche 3, Français, - moulin%20flamand

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Espagnol