butcher
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The cotton, as it comes from the opener and the scutcher, is much cleaner and 46 more attractive.
From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Occasionally the scutcher is the first cleaning machine, in which event cotton, in a loose fleece, is spread evenly upon a lattice.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
In the scutcher the doubling of four laps together tends to produce a sheet of cotton more uniform in thickness and weight than that from the opener.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
The Scutcher.—In many respects a scutcher resembles an opener; its function is to continue the cleaning and form laps of uniform weight and density for the carding engine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
The reduction of the heavy sheet or lap of cotton from the scutcher, into a comparatively light and thin sliver.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
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