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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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..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
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..
Aciculated :: Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
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..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..
Shab :: Shab (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.
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..
Itch :: Itch (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear..
Scratched :: Scratched (imp. & p. p.) of Scratc.
Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.
Claw :: Claw (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court..
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..
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..
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
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