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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..

Mark :: Mark (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark..

Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Scratcher :: Scratcher (n.) One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird..

Rase :: Rase (n.) A slight wound; a scratch.

Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..

Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.

Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..

Scratching :: Scratching (adv.) With the action of scratching.

Itch :: Itch (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected..

Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.

Claw :: Claw (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear..

Rase :: Rase (v. t.) To rub or scratch out; to erase.

Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..

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.

Mar :: Mar (n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement..

Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..

Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.

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..

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