Definition of scratch

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Scratch (n.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy..

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Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree..
Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.
Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out..
Aciculated :: Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
Scratchy :: Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.
Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed..
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear..
Sgraffito :: Sgraffito (a.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath..
Rase :: Rase (v. t.) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
Claw :: Claw (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court..
Scratched :: Scratched (imp. & p. p.) of Scratc.
Shab :: Shab (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.
Scarify :: Scarify (v. t.) To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein..
Pricking-up :: Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
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