Definition of scratch

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

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Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
Rase :: Rase (n.) A slight wound; a scratch.
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..
Aciculated :: Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
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..
Erasure :: Erasure (n.) The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
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..
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..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Scratchy :: Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.
Claw :: Claw (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw..
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..
Bescratch :: Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
Scrawl :: Scrawl (v. t.) To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter..
Mar :: Mar (n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement..
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 :: 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..
Torase :: Torase (v. t.) To scratch to pieces.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
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..
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