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

Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

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

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

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

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

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..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..

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

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.

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

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..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..

Streak :: Streak (n.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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