[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

scratch \scratch\, v. t. imp.  p. p. scratched; p. pr.  vb.
   n. scratching. oe. cracchen perhaps influenced by oe.
   scratten to scratch; cf. ohg. chrazz=on, g. kratzen, od.
   kratsen, kretsen, d. krassen, sw. kratsa to scrape, kratta to
   rake, to scratch, dan. kradse to scratch, to scrape, icel.
   krota to engrave. cf. grate to rub.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch
            glass.                                --grew.
      1913 webster

            be mindful, when invention fails,
            to scratch your head, and bite your nails. --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. to write or draw hastily or awkwardly. "scratch out a
      pamphlet." --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

   4. to dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals
      scratch holes, in which they burrow.
      1913 webster

   to scratch a ticket, to cancel one or more names of
      candidates on a party ballot; to refuse to vote the party
      ticket in its entirety. u. s.
      1913 webster
see also:
scratched scratching grate to scratch a ticket 

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

scratch \scratch\, v. i.
   1. to use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to
      make scratches.
      1913 webster

            dull, tame things, . . . that will neither bite nor
            scratch.                              --dr. h. more.
      1913 webster

   2. billiards to score, not by skillful play but by some
      fortunate chance of the game. cant, u. s.
      1913 webster

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

scratch \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. slang
   1913 webster

   scratch race, one without restrictions regarding the
      entrance of competitors; also, one for which the
      competitors are chosen by lot.
      1913 webster
see also:
scratch race 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scratch
     n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off syn: abrasion,
           scrape, excoriation
     2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface syn: incision,
         prick, slit, dent
     3: informal terms for money syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
         clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly,
         lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons,
         sugar, wampum
     4: dry mash for poultry syn: chicken feed
     5: a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows
        distracted her" syn: scrape, scraping, scratching
     6: poor handwriting syn: scribble, scrawl, cacography
     7: an indication of damage syn: scrape, scar, mark
     v 1: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" syn: rub, fray,
          fret, chafe
     2: cut the surface of; wear away the surface of syn: scrape,
         scratch up
     3: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "don't scratch your
        insect bites" syn: rub, itch
see also:
abrasion scrape excoriation incision prick slit 
dent boodle bread cabbage clams 
dinero dough gelt kale lettuce 
lolly lucre loot moolah pelf 
shekels simoleons sugar wampum chicken feed 
scraping scratching scribble scrawl cacography 
scar mark rub fray fret 
chafe scratch up itch 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

524 moby thesaurus words for "scratch":
   ablation, abort, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, adequate,
   anamorphosis, attrition, autolithograph, bad likeness,
   barbouillage, bark, barley, be a printmaker, belch, bezel,
   bird seed, birthmark, blackhead, blare, blat, blaze, blaze a trail,
   bleb, blemish, blister, bloody, blot, blot out, blotch, bore,
   botch, bran, brand, bray, bread, break, bruise, buffing, bulla,
   burlesque, burn, burnishing, burr, burrow, buzz, cackle, canal,
   canalize, cancel, caricature, cartoon, carve, cash, caste mark,
   casual, cat food, caw, cease, chafe, chafing, chalk, chalk up,
   chamfer, channel, character, charcoal, chase, check, check off,
   checkmark, chicken feed, chink, chip, chips, chirr, chisel,
   chiseling, chop, cicatrix, cicatrize, clang, clangor, clank, clash,
   claw, close, coin, color, comedo, competent, competitive, conclude,
   concussion, copy, corn, corrugate, corrugation, crack, crackle,
   cranny, crater, craunch, crayon, craze, crease, cribble, croak,
   cross out, cross-hatching, crosshatch, crump, crunch, cursoriness,
   cut, dado, damage, dapple, dash, dash off, daub, defacement,
   defect, define, deformation, deformity, dele, delete, delimit,
   delineate, delve, demarcate, demitint, depict, design, determine,
   detrition, diagram, dig, dig out, dike, discolor, discoloration,
   disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, ditch, do double duty,
   dog food, doodle, dot, dough, draft, draw, dredge, dressing, drill,
   drive, earmark, eatage, efface, eliminate, elucubrate, enchase,
   end, engrave, engravement, engraving, ensilage, epidermis, erase,
   erasure, erosion, etch, etching, excavate, exclude, expunge,
   extempore, exteriority, fault, feed, filing, finish, finish up,
   flash burn, flaw, fleck, flick, flute, fluting, fodder, forage,
   fracture, fray, frazzle, freckle, fret, fretting, furrow, gall,
   galling, gash, gem-engraving, glass-cutting, gloss, glyptic,
   goffer, good enough, gouge, gouge out, grain, grate, grave,
   graving, graze, grazing, greenbacks, grind, grinding, groan,
   groove, growl, grub, grumble, gully, hack, half tint, haphazard,
   hasty, hatch, hatching, hay, hemangioma, hen scratches, hen tracks,
   hickey, hit the ball, hurried, hurt, hustle, impress, imprint,
   impromptu, incise, incision, informal, injure, injury, inscribe,
   inscript, inscription, itch, jack, jangle, jar, jot, keloid, kink,
   lacerate, laceration, lentigo, lesion, limation, limn, line,
   lining, lithograph, lower, lucubrate, macula, maim, make a mark,
   make mincemeat of, make prints, makeshift, mar, mark, mark off,
   mark out, marking, mash, maul, mazuma, meal, mere scratch,
   microgroove, milium, mine, misdraw, mispaint, mole, mortal wound,
   mottle, mutilate, mutilation, needle scar, nevus, nick, no depth,
   no water, notch, oats, obliterate, off the cuff, overwork, paint,
   paint a picture, parody, pasturage, pasture, patch,
   pattes de mouche, pencil, pepper, perorate, pet food, picture,
   picturize, pierce, pimple, pinprick, pit, pleat, plow, pock,
   pockmark, point, polishing, polka dot, port-wine mark,
   port-wine stain, portray, pothookery, pothooks,
   pothooks and hangers, pour it on, prick, prickle, print, provender,
   punch, punctuate, puncture, pustule, quarry, rabbet, rasp, rasping,
   raze, rend, rent, resolve, riddle, rifle, rifling, rift, rind, rip,
   rough, rub, rub off, rub out, rubbing away, ruck, rule out, run,
   rupture, rut, sandblasting, sanding, sap, satisfactory, savage,
   scab, scald, scar, scarification, scarify, scoop, scoop out,
   scorch, score, scoring, scotch, scouring, scrabble, scranch, scrap,
   scrape, scraping, scratch feed, scratch out, scratching, scrawl,
   scribble, scribbling, scrub, scrubbing, scrunch, scuff, sculpture,
   scumble, seal, seam, sebaceous cyst, second-degree burn, shade,
   shallowness, shining, shoaliness, shovel, silage, sink, sketch,
   skin, slash, slashing, slave, slightness, slit, slops, smoothing,
   snarl, snore, sore, spade, speck, speckle, splash, split, splotch,
   sponge, sponge out, spot, sprain, stab, stab wound, stain, stamp,
   stencil, stick, stigma, stigmatize, sting, stipple, stippling,
   stop, strain, straw, strawberry mark, streak, stria, striate,
   striation, strike off, strike out, stripe, sty, sufficient,
   sulcation, sulcus, superficiality, superficies, surface, sweat,
   swill, tattoo, tattoo mark, tear, terminate, third-degree burn,
   thrill, tick, tick off, tingle, tint, tittle, tool, tooling, trace,
   track, trauma, traumatize, travesty, trench, triviality, trough,
   tunnel, twang, twist, type-cutting, underline, underscore,
   unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, up to scratch, up to snuff,
   veneer, verruca, vesicle, wale, wampum, warp, wart, watermark,
   weal, wear, wearing away, well-worn groove, welt, wen, wheat,
   whitehead, wind up, wipe out, work hard, work late, work overtime,
   wound, wounds immedicable, wrench, wrinkle

[7] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

scratch 1. from `scratchpad' adj. describes a data structure or
   recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use
   purposes; one that can be scribbled on without loss. usually in the
   combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk',
   `scratch tape', `scratch volume'. see also scratch monkey. 2.
   primarily ibm, also commodore vt. to delete as in a file.


see also:
scribble scratch monkey 

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

scratch
     
        1. from "scratchpad" describes a data structure or recording
        medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use
        purposes; one that can be scribbled on without loss.
        usually in the combining forms "scratch memory", "scratch
        register", "scratch disk", "scratch tape", "scratch volume".
     
        see also scratch monkey.
     
        2. primarily ibm to delete as in a file.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-12-15
     
     
see also:
scribble scratch monkey ibm jargon file 

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