Definition of scratch

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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..

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Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Shab :: Shab (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.
Torase :: Torase (v. t.) To scratch to pieces.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
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..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Scratchy :: Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear..
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..
Mar :: Mar (n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement..
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..
Scratched :: Scratched (imp. & p. p.) of Scratc.
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
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.
Rase :: Rase (n.) A scratching out, or erasure..
Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.
Bescratch :: Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
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