Definition of scratch

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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..

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Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Aciculated :: Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
Scratchy :: Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
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..
Shab :: Shab (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow..
Rase :: Rase (n.) A scratching out, or erasure..
Torase :: Torase (v. t.) To scratch to pieces.
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..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out..
Pen :: Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving..
Scratcher :: Scratcher (n.) One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird..
Mar :: Mar (n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Scratchwork :: Scratchwork (n.) See Scratch coat.
Scratching :: Scratching (adv.) With the action of scratching.
Scratched :: Scratched (imp. & p. p.) of Scratc.
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