itch \itch\ i^ch, v. i. imp.  p. p. itched i^cht; p.
   pr.  vb. n. itching. oe. icchen, yoghicchen, as.
   giccan; akin to d. jeuken, joken, g. jucken, ohg. jucchen.
   1913 webster
   1. to have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines
      the person to scratch the part affected.
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            my mouth hath itched all this long day. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long
      for; as, itching ears. "an itching palm." --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
itched itching 

itch \itch\, n.
   1. med. an eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
      vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
      the sarcoptes scabei, and attended with itching. it is
      transmissible by contact.
      1913 webster

   2. any itching eruption.
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   3. a sensation in the skin occasioned or resembling that
      occasioned by the itch eruption; -- called also
      scabies, psora, etc.
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   4. a constant irritating desire.
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            an itch of being thought a divine king. --dryden.
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   baker's itch. see under baker.

   barber's itch, sycosis.

   bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
      much itching, occurring among bricklayers.

   grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
      eczema, produced by the sugar mite tyrogluphus
      sacchari.

   itch insect zool., a small parasitic mite sarcoptes
      scabei which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
      thus causing the disease known as the itch. see illust. in
      append.

   itch mite. zool. same as itch insect, above. also,
      other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
      horse and ox.

   sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
      of sugar upon the skin.

   washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
      among washerwomen.
      1913 webster
see also:
sarcoptes scabei scabies psora baker's itch baker barber's itch 
bricklayer's itch grocer's itch tyrogluphus sacchari itch insect sarcoptes scabei 
itch mite sugar baker's itch washerwoman's itch 

itch
     n 1: a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite;
          characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation;
          "he has a bad case of the itch" syn: scabies
     2: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" syn: urge
     3: an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to
        scratch syn: itchiness, itching
     v 1: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "don't scratch your
          insect bites" syn: rub, scratch
     2: have or perceive an itch; "i'm itching--the air is so dry"
     3: have a strong desire or urge to do something; "she is
        itching to start the project"; "he is spoiling for a
        fight" syn: spoil
see also:
scabies urge itchiness itching rub scratch 
spoil 

118 moby thesaurus words for "itch":
   ache, acne, acne vulgaris, an universal wolf, andromania,
   aphrodisia, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition,
   biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, concupiscence,
   coveting, crave, craving, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis,
   desire, die, eczema, elephantiasis, epithelioma, eromania,
   eroticism, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, erysipelas,
   erythema, exanthem, fidget, fleshly lust, furor uterinus,
   goatishness, gynecomania, hanker, hankering, have the fidgets,
   heat rash, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, hives, horniness,
   hot blood, hot pants, hunger, impetigo, indecency,
   infantile sexuality, irritation, itchiness, itching, jerk, jig,
   jigger, jigget, jiggle, jungle rot, lasciviousness, leprosy,
   libidinousness, lichen, lichen primus, lickerishness, longing,
   lupus, lupus vulgaris, lust, lustfulness, mania, miliaria,
   nymphomania, passion, pemphigus, pine, polymorphous perversity,
   prick, prickle, prickling, prickly heat, pruigo, prurience,
   pruriency, pruritus, psora, ringworm, satyriasis, satyrism,
   scabies, scratch, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion,
   shingles, sigh, skin cancer, sting, tetter, thirst, thrill, tickle,
   tickling, tingle, tingling, twitch, urge, vellicate,
   venereal appetite, want, wish, yearn, yearning, yen, yeuk

itch, n.  the patriotism of a scotchman.


                                  j


j is a consonant in english, but some nations use it as a vowel --
than which nothing could be more absurd.  its original form, which has
been but slightly modified, was that of the tail of a subdued dog, and
it was not a letter but a character, standing for a latin verb,
_jacere_, "to throw," because when a stone is thrown at a dog the
dog's tail assumes that shape.  this is the origin of the letter, as
expounded by the renowned dr. jocolpus bumer, of the university of
belgrade, who established his conclusions on the subject in a work of
three quarto volumes and committed suicide on being reminded that the
j in the roman alphabet had originally no curl.