(n.) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The former Massachusetts governor, who was always an odd choice for Trump’s cabinet given the pair’s scatching attacks on one another during the campaign season, called it an “honor to have been considered for secretary of state”.
(2) Scatched plots also indicated binding of each steroid to two sites--a high-affinity, low-capacity binding site and a low-affinity, high-capacity binding site.
(3) Scatching face, palms, or soles does not produce referred itching.
Scutch
Definition:
(v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.
(v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
(v. t.) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
(n.) A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
(n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
Example Sentences:
(1) The concentrations of airborne dust and bacteria were determined in 12 flax scutching mills and in two milk processing plants in Normandy, France.