Some disadvantages of the Engineering Cost Estimating method include: [2] 1  It can be expensive to implement and it is time consuming. 2  It is not flexible enough to answer what-if questions. 3  New estimates must be built for each alternative.  The product specification must be well known and stable.
grutch (v.) c. 1200, grucchen, to murmur, complain, find fault with, be angry, from Old French grouchier, grocier to murmur, to grumble, of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic, probably ultimately imitative. Meaning to begrudge is c. 1400. Compare gruccild (early 13c.) woman who complains, from grutch + suffix of
Scutching is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of flax in preparation for 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. Scutching can be done by hand or by a machine known as a scutcher. Hand scutching of flax is done with a wooden scutching knife and a small iron scraper.