SCRITCH

Etymology 1

Noun

scritch (plural scritches)

(obsolete) a screech

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A thrush.

Verb

scritch (third-person singular simple present scritches, present participle scritching, simple past and past participle scritched)

(obsolete) To screech.

Etymology 2

Verb

scritch (third-person singular simple present scritches, present participle scritching, simple past and past participle scritched)

To make a light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing.

To scratch so as to relieve an itch or irritation.

Noun

scritch (plural scritches)

A light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing.

The act of scratching an itch.

Source: Wiktionary


Scritch, n.

Definition: A screech. [R.] Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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