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Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel..

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..

Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.

Mousing :: Mousing (n.) A ratchet movement in a loom.

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.

Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..

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

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch..

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

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

Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.

Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..

Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow..

Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..

Aciculated :: Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

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

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

Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..

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..

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