Definition of scratch

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

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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..
Fluke :: Fluke (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke..
Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.
Mar :: Mar (n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement..
Shab :: Shab (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Rase :: Rase (n.) A scratching out, or erasure..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Scratchwork :: Scratchwork (n.) See Scratch coat.
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.
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..
Scratching :: Scratching (adv.) With the action of scratching.
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.
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..
Scratching :: Scratching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scratc.
Bescratch :: Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor..
Scratch :: 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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