[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scratch \scratch\, n.
   1. a break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or
      by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound,
      mark, furrow, or incision.
      1913 webster

            the coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
            work.                                 --moxon.
      1913 webster

            these nails with scratches deform my breast.
                                                  --prior.
      1913 webster

            god forbid a shallow scratch should drive
            the prince of wales from such a field as this.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. pugilistic matches 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. cant --grose.
      1913 webster

   3. pl. far. 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. --law
      farmer's veter. adviser.
      1913 webster

   4. a kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
      1913 webster

   5. billiards
      a a shot which scores by chance and not as intended by
          the player; a fluke. cant, u. s.
      b a shot which results in a penalty, such as dropping
          the cue ball in a pocket without hitting another ball.
          1913 webster +pjc

   6. in various sports, the line from which the start is made,
      except in the case of contestants receiving a distance
      handicap.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   scratch cradle. see cratch cradle, under cratch.

   scratch grass bot., a climbing knotweed polygonum
      sagittatum with a square stem beset with fine recurved
      prickles along the angles.

   scratch wig. same as scratch, 4, above. --thackeray.

   start from scratch to start again from the very
      beginning; also, to start without resources.
      1913 webster
see also:
scratch cradle cratch cradle cratch scratch grass polygonum sagittatum scratch wig 
scratch start from scratch 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cratch \cratch\ kr?ch; 224, n. oe. cracche, crecche, f.
   cr`eche crib, manger, fr. ohg. krippa, krippea, g. krippe
   crib. see crib.
   a manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. obs.
   1913 webster

         begin from first where he encradled was,
         in simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. --spenser.
   1913 webster

   cratch cradle, a representation of the figure of the
      cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle;
      -- called also scratch cradle.
      1913 webster
see also:
crib cratch cradle scratch cradle 

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From Scratch, definition of term: From Scratch
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