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scratch
(mass) | scratch
- škrtnúť, škrtnúť |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,čmáranice n: jose |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,drápat Zdeněk Brož |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,drápat se Zdeněk Brož |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,drbat Zdeněk Brož |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,dřít Zdeněk Brož |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,hrabat v: Zdeněk Brož |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,naškrábat v: napsat neúhledně Pino |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,peníze n: [slang.] jose |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,poškrábat v: Milan Svoboda |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,prachy n: [slang.] jose |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,startovní čára n: [sport.] i přeneseně Rostislav Svoboda |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,škrábanec Zdeněk Brož |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,škrtnout Zdeněk Brož |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,škrtnutí Zdeněk Brož |
Scratch
(gcide) | Scratch \Scratch\, v. i.
1. To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to
make scratches.
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Dull, tame things, . . . that will neither bite nor
scratch. --Dr. H. More.
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2. (Billiards) To score, not by skillful play but by some
fortunate chance of the game. [Cant, U. S.]
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Scratch
(gcide) | 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[=o]n, 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.
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Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch
glass. --Grew.
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Be mindful, when invention fails,
To scratch your head, and bite your nails. --Swift.
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2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. "Scratch out a
pamphlet." --Swift.
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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.
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4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals
scratch holes, in which they burrow.
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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.]
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Scratch
(gcide) | 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.
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The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
work. --Moxon.
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These nails with scratches deform my breast.
--Prior.
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God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
--Shak.
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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.
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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).
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4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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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.
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6. In various sports, the line from which the start is made,
except in the case of contestants receiving a distance
handicap.
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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.
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Scratch
(gcide) | 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]
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Scratch race, one without restrictions regarding the
entrance of competitors; also, one for which the
competitors are chosen by lot.
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scratch
(wn) | scratch
n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn:
abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation]
2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn:
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent]
3: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce,
lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch,
shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
4: a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
5: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a
game [syn: start, starting line, scratch, {scratch
line}]
6: dry mash for poultry [syn: chicken feed, scratch]
7: a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows
distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch,
scratching]
8: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl,
cacography]
9: (golf) a handicap of zero strokes; "a golfer who plays at
scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"
10: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar,
mark]
v 1: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray,
fret, chafe, scratch]
2: cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch,
scrape, scratch up]
3: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your
insect bites!" [syn: rub, scratch, itch]
4: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;
"Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had
to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the
chair is ill" [syn: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub]
5: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line;
"Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that
remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge, excise]
6: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She
had scraped together enough money for college"; "they
scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up,
scratch, come up]
7: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a
pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the
lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn:
scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe] |
scratch
(foldoc) | 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).
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scratch
(jargon) | 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).
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
scratch
(mass) | scratch
- škrtnúť, škrtnúť |
cat scratch disease
(encz) | cat scratch disease, n: |
chicken scratch
(encz) | chicken scratch, n: |
from scratch
(encz) | from scratch, adv: |
scratch
(encz) | scratch,čmáranice n: josescratch,drápat Zdeněk Brožscratch,drápat se Zdeněk Brožscratch,drbat Zdeněk Brožscratch,dřít Zdeněk Brožscratch,hrabat v: Zdeněk Brožscratch,naškrábat v: napsat neúhledně Pinoscratch,peníze n: [slang.] josescratch,poškrábat v: Milan Svobodascratch,prachy n: [slang.] josescratch,startovní čára n: [sport.] i přeneseně Rostislav Svobodascratch,škrábanec Zdeněk Brožscratch,škrtnout Zdeněk Brožscratch,škrtnutí Zdeněk Brož |
scratch along
(encz) | scratch along, v: |
scratch awl
(encz) | scratch awl, n: |
scratch out
(encz) | scratch out,vyškrtnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
scratch pad
(encz) | scratch pad, n: |
scratch paper
(encz) | scratch paper,konceptní papír Zdeněk Brož |
scratch race
(encz) | scratch race, n: |
scratch sheet
(encz) | scratch sheet, n: |
scratch test
(encz) | scratch test, n: |
scratch the surface
(encz) | scratch the surface, |
scratch up
(encz) | scratch up, v: |
scratch your head
(encz) | scratch your head, |
scratched
(encz) | scratched,poškrábaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scratcher
(encz) | scratcher,škrabadlo Zdeněk Brožscratcher,škrabák n: Zdeněk Brož |
scratches
(encz) | scratches,škrábe Zdeněk Brožscratches,škrábnutí n: Zdeněk Brožscratches,trhliny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
scratchily
(encz) | scratchily, |
scratchiness
(encz) | scratchiness,poškrábanost n: Zdeněk Brožscratchiness,škrabavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
scratching
(encz) | scratching,škrábání n: Zdeněk Brož |
scratchpad
(encz) | scratchpad, n: |
scratchy
(encz) | scratchy,škrábavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
start from scratch
(encz) | start from scratch,začít od nuly Zdeněk Brožstart from scratch,začít od píky Zdeněk Brož |
unscratched
(encz) | unscratched, |
up to scratch
(encz) | up to scratch, |
Bescratch
(gcide) | Bescratch \Be*scratch"\, v. t.
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
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Old Scratch
(gcide) | Old \Old\, a. [Compar. Older; superl. Oldest.] [OE. old,
ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald,
old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up,
Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish.
Cf. Adult, Alderman, Aliment, Auld, Elder.]
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1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an
old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
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Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young.
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2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
"An old acquaintance." --Camden.
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3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
"The old schools of Greece." --Milton. "The character of
the old Ligurians." --Addison.
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4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the
age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a
cathedral centuries old.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
--Cen. xlvii.
8.
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Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that
designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
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5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
an old offender; old in vice.
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Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
--Milton.
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6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
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7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
as, old shoes; old clothes.
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8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
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If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have
old turning the key. --Shak.
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9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly
as a term of reproach.
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10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
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11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." --Shak.
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Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life.
Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1.
Old Catholics. See under Catholic.
Old English. See under English. n., 2.
Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil.
Old lady (Zool.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo
maura}).
Old maid.
(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never
been married; a spinster.
(b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
periwinkle (Vinca rosea).
(c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The
person with whom the odd card is left is the old
maid.
Old man's beard. (Bot.)
(a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named
from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
(b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia.
Old man's head (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus
senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with
long white hairs.
Old red sandstone (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks
situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and
comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and
conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of
Geology.
Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time,
or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a
former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used
also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.
Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called
also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game.
Old squaw (Zool.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting
the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is
varied with black and white and is remarkable for the
length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, {south
southerly}, callow, hareld, and old wife.
Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style.
Old Testament. See Old Testament under Testament, and
see tanak.
Old wife. [In the senses
b and
c written also oldwife.]
(a) A prating old woman; a gossip.
Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim.
iv. 7.
(b) (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the
European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the
American alewife, etc.
(c) (Zool.) A duck; the old squaw.
Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.
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scraped scratched
(gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
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4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
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Scratch coat
(gcide) | Scratch coat \Scratch" coat`\
The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork.
See Pricking-up.
[1913 Webster]Pricking-up \Prick"ing-up\, n. (Arch.)
The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon
laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for
the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
--Brande & C.
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scratch coat
(gcide) | Scratch coat \Scratch" coat`\
The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork.
See Pricking-up.
[1913 Webster]Pricking-up \Prick"ing-up\, n. (Arch.)
The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon
laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for
the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
--Brande & C.
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Scratch cradle
(gcide) | 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.
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The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
work. --Moxon.
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These nails with scratches deform my breast.
--Prior.
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God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
--Shak.
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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.
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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).
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4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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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.
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6. In various sports, the line from which the start is made,
except in the case of contestants receiving a distance
handicap.
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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]Cratch \Cratch\ (kr?ch; 224), n. [OE. cracche, crecche, F.
cr[`e]che crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea, G. krippe
crib. See Crib.]
A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.]
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Begin from first where He encradled was,
In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. --Spenser.
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Cratch cradle, a representation of the figure of the
cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle;
-- called also scratch cradle.
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scratch cradle
(gcide) | 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.
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The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
work. --Moxon.
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These nails with scratches deform my breast.
--Prior.
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God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
--Shak.
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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.
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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).
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4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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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.
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6. In various sports, the line from which the start is made,
except in the case of contestants receiving a distance
handicap.
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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]Cratch \Cratch\ (kr?ch; 224), n. [OE. cracche, crecche, F.
cr[`e]che crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea, G. krippe
crib. See Crib.]
A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.]
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Begin from first where He encradled was,
In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. --Spenser.
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Cratch cradle, a representation of the figure of the
cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle;
-- called also scratch cradle.
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Scratch grass
(gcide) | 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.
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The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
work. --Moxon.
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These nails with scratches deform my breast.
--Prior.
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God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
--Shak.
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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.
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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).
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4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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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.
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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.
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Scratch hit
(gcide) | Scratch hit \Scratch" hit\, n. (Baseball)
a base hit which was weakly batted, barely allowing the
batter to reach first base safely.
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Scratch player
(gcide) | Scratch player \Scratch player\, Scratch runner \Scratch
runner\, etc.
One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate
ability.
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Scratch race
(gcide) | 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]
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Scratch race, one without restrictions regarding the
entrance of competitors; also, one for which the
competitors are chosen by lot.
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Scratch runner
(gcide) | Scratch player \Scratch player\, Scratch runner \Scratch
runner\, etc.
One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate
ability.
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Scratch wig
(gcide) | 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.
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The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
work. --Moxon.
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These nails with scratches deform my breast.
--Prior.
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God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
--Shak.
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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.
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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).
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4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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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.
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6. In various sports, the line from which the start is made,
except in the case of contestants receiving a distance
handicap.
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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.
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Scratchback
(gcide) | Scratchback \Scratch"back`\, n.
A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by
drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [Eng.]
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Scratchbrush
(gcide) | Scratchbrush \Scratch"brush`\, n.
A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other
metal.
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Scratched
(gcide) | 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[=o]n, 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.
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Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch
glass. --Grew.
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Be mindful, when invention fails,
To scratch your head, and bite your nails. --Swift.
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2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. "Scratch out a
pamphlet." --Swift.
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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.
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4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals
scratch holes, in which they burrow.
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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.]
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Scratched ticket
(gcide) | Ticket \Tick"et\, n. [F. ['e]tiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF.
estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic
origin, and akin to E. stick. See Stick, n. & v., and cf.
Etiquette, Tick credit.]
A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a
notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.
Specifically:
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(a) A little note or notice. [Obs. or Local]
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He constantly read his lectures twice a week for
above forty years, giving notice of the time to his
auditors in a ticket on the school doors. --Fuller.
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(b) A tradesman's bill or account. [Obs.]
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Note: Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by
abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st Tick.
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Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets
On ticket for his mistress. --J. Cotgrave.
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(c) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place
of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a
theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.
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(d) A label to show the character or price of goods.
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(e) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other
scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.
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(f) (Politics) A printed list of candidates to be voted for
at an election; a set of nominations by one party for
election; a ballot. [U. S.]
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The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four
votes. --Sarah
Franklin
(1766).
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Scratched ticket, a ticket from which the names of one or
more of the candidates are scratched out.
Split ticket, a ticket representing different divisions of
a party, or containing candidates selected from two or
more parties.
Straight ticket, a ticket containing the regular
nominations of a party, without change.
Ticket day (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day
on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual
purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another.
[Eng.] --Simmonds.
Ticket of leave, a license or permit given to a convict, or
prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for
himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to
certain specific conditions. [Eng.] --Simmonds.
Ticket porter, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which
he may be identified. [Eng.]
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Scratcher
(gcide) | Scratcher \Scratch"er\, n.
One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any
rasorial bird.
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Scratching
(gcide) | 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[=o]n, 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.
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Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch
glass. --Grew.
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Be mindful, when invention fails,
To scratch your head, and bite your nails. --Swift.
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2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. "Scratch out a
pamphlet." --Swift.
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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.
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4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals
scratch holes, in which they burrow.
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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]Scratching \Scratch"ing\, adv.
With the action of scratching.
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Scratchweed
(gcide) | Scratchweed \Scratch"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Cleavers.
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Scratchwork
(gcide) | Scratchwork \Scratch"work`\, n.
See Scratch coat.
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Scratchy
(gcide) | Scratchy \Scratch"y\, a.
Characterized by scratches.
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start from scratch
(gcide) | 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.
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The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
work. --Moxon.
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These nails with scratches deform my breast.
--Prior.
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God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
--Shak.
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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.
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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).
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4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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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.
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6. In various sports, the line from which the start is made,
except in the case of contestants receiving a distance
handicap.
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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.
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To come to the scratch
(gcide) | Come \Come\, v. i. [imp. Came; p. p. Come; p. pr & vb. n.
Coming.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D.
komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan.
komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr.
gam. [root]23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.]
1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker,
or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.
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Look, who comes yonder? --Shak.
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I did not come to curse thee. --Tennyson.
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2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.
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When we came to Rome. --Acts xxviii.
16.
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Lately come from Italy. --Acts xviii.
2.
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3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a
distance. "Thy kingdom come." --Matt. vi. 10.
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The hour is coming, and now is. --John. v. 25.
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So quick bright things come to confusion. --Shak.
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4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the
act of another.
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From whence come wars? --James iv. 1.
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Both riches and honor come of thee ! --1 Chron.
xxix. 12.
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5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.
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Then butter does refuse to come. --Hudibras.
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6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with
a predicate; as, to come untied.
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How come you thus estranged? --Shak.
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How come her eyes so bright? --Shak.
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Note: Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of
have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to
be gives a clearer adjectival significance to the
participle as expressing a state or condition of the
subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the
completion of the action signified by the verb.
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Think not that I am come to destroy. --Matt. v.
17.
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We are come off like Romans. --Shak.
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The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the
year. --Bryant.
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Note: Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking
of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference
to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall
come home next week; he will come to your house to-day.
It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary,
indicative of approach to the action or state expressed
by the verb; as, how came you to do it? Come is used
colloquially, with reference to a definite future time
approaching, without an auxiliary; as, it will be two
years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall
come.
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They were cried
In meeting, come next Sunday. --Lowell.
Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention,
or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us
go. "This is the heir; come, let us kill him." --Matt.
xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste,
or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. "Come, come, no
time for lamentation now." --Milton.
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To come, yet to arrive, future. "In times to come."
--Dryden. "There's pippins and cheese to come." --Shak.
To come about.
(a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as,
how did these things come about?
(b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about.
"The wind is come about." --Shak.
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On better thoughts, and my urged reasons,
They are come about, and won to the true side.
--B. Jonson.
To come abroad.
(a) To move or be away from one's home or country. "Am
come abroad to see the world." --Shak.
(b) To become public or known. [Obs.] "Neither was
anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad."
--Mark. iv. 22.
To come across, to meet; to find, esp. by chance or
suddenly. "We come across more than one incidental mention
of those wars." --E. A. Freeman. "Wagner's was certainly
one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever
came across." --H. R. Haweis.
To come after.
(a) To follow.
(b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a
book.
To come again, to return. "His spirit came again and he
revived." --Judges. xv. 19. -
To come and go.
(a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. "The
color of the king doth come and go." --Shak.
(b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward.
To come at.
(a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to
come at a true knowledge of ourselves.
(b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with
fury.
To come away, to part or depart.
To come between, to intervene; to separate; hence, to cause
estrangement.
To come by.
(a) To obtain, gain, acquire. "Examine how you came by all
your state." --Dryden.
(b) To pass near or by way of.
To come down.
(a) To descend.
(b) To be humbled.
To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand.
[Colloq.] --Dickens.
To come home.
(a) To return to one's house or family.
(b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the
feelings, interest, or reason.
(c) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; -- said of an
anchor.
To come in.
(a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. "The thief cometh
in." --Hos. vii. 1.
(b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in.
(c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln
came in.
(d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. "We need not fear
his coming in" --Massinger.
(e) To be brought into use. "Silken garments did not come
in till late." --Arbuthnot.
(f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of.
(g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment.
(h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in
well.
(i) To have sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. --Gen.
xxxviii. 16.
(j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come
in next May. [U. S.]
To come in for, to claim or receive. "The rest came in for
subsidies." --Swift.
To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to;
to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme.
To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of.
[Colloq.]
To come near or To come nigh, to approach in place or
quality; to be equal to. "Nothing ancient or modern seems
to come near it." --Sir W. Temple.
To come of.
(a) To descend or spring from. "Of Priam's royal race my
mother came." --Dryden.
(b) To result or follow from. "This comes of judging by
the eye." --L'Estrange.
To come off.
(a) To depart or pass off from.
(b) To get free; to get away; to escape.
(c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off
well.
(d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.);
as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a
come-off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.]
(e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.]
(f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come
off?
(g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came
off very fine.
(h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to
separate.
(i) To hurry away; to get through. --Chaucer.
To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] "To come off by the
worst." --Calamy.
To come off from, to leave. "To come off from these grave
disquisitions." --Felton.
To come on.
(a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive.
(b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene.
To come out.
(a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room,
company, etc. "They shall come out with great
substance." --Gen. xv. 14.
(b) To become public; to appear; to be published. "It is
indeed come out at last." --Bp. Stillingfleet.
(c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this
affair come out? he has come out well at last.
(d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two
seasons ago.
(e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out.
(f) To take sides; to announce a position publicly; as, he
came out against the tariff.
(g) To publicly admit oneself to be homosexual.
To come out with, to give publicity to; to disclose.
To come over.
(a) To pass from one side or place to another.
"Perpetually teasing their friends to come over to
them." --Addison.
(b) To rise and pass over, in distillation.
To come over to, to join.
To come round.
(a) To recur in regular course.
(b) To recover. [Colloq.]
(c) To change, as the wind.
(d) To relent. --J. H. Newman.
(e) To circumvent; to wheedle. [Colloq.]
To come short, to be deficient; to fail of attaining. "All
have sinned and come short of the glory of God." --Rom.
iii. 23.
To come to.
(a) To consent or yield. --Swift.
(b) (Naut.) (with the accent on to) To luff; to bring the
ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor.
(c) (with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon.
(d) To arrive at; to reach.
(e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum.
(f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance.
--Shak.
To come to blows. See under Blow.
To come to grief. See under Grief.
To come to a head.
(a) To suppurate, as a boil.
(b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot.
To come to one's self, to recover one's senses.
To come to pass, to happen; to fall out.
To come to the scratch.
(a) (Prize Fighting) To step up to the scratch or mark
made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in
beginning a contest; hence:
(b) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely.
[Colloq.]
To come to time.
(a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume
the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over
and "time" is called; hence:
(b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations.
[Colloq.]
To come together.
(a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble.
--Acts i. 6.
(b) To live together as man and wife. --Matt. i. 18.
To come true, to happen as predicted or expected.
To come under, to belong to, as an individual to a class.
To come up
(a) to ascend; to rise.
(b) To be brought up; to arise, as a question.
(c) To spring; to shoot or rise above the earth, as a
plant.
(d) To come into use, as a fashion.
To come up the capstan (Naut.), to turn it the contrary
way, so as to slacken the rope about it.
To come up the tackle fall (Naut.), to slacken the tackle
gently. --Totten.
To come up to, to rise to; to equal.
To come up with, to overtake or reach by pursuit.
To come upon.
(a) To befall.
(b) To attack or invade.
(c) To have a claim upon; to become dependent upon for
support; as, to come upon the town.
(d) To light or chance upon; to find; as, to come upon hid
treasure.
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To scratch a ticket
(gcide) | 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[=o]n, 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.
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Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch
glass. --Grew.
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Be mindful, when invention fails,
To scratch your head, and bite your nails. --Swift.
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2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. "Scratch out a
pamphlet." --Swift.
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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.
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4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals
scratch holes, in which they burrow.
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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.]
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Unscratched
(gcide) | Unscratched \Unscratched\
See scratched. |
backscratcher
(wn) | backscratcher
n 1: someone who is willing to trade favors or services for
mutual advantage
2: a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back |
cat scratch disease
(wn) | cat scratch disease
n 1: a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch
from a cat |
chicken scratch
(wn) | chicken scratch
n 1: cramped or illegible handwriting |
from scratch
(wn) | from scratch
adv 1: from the beginning, especially without relying on
resources or other advantages; "he baked the torte from
scratch"; "she built her business up from scratch" |
scratch
(wn) | scratch
n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn:
abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation]
2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn:
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent]
3: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce,
lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch,
shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
4: a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
5: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a
game [syn: start, starting line, scratch, {scratch
line}]
6: dry mash for poultry [syn: chicken feed, scratch]
7: a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows
distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch,
scratching]
8: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl,
cacography]
9: (golf) a handicap of zero strokes; "a golfer who plays at
scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"
10: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar,
mark]
v 1: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray,
fret, chafe, scratch]
2: cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch,
scrape, scratch up]
3: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your
insect bites!" [syn: rub, scratch, itch]
4: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;
"Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had
to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the
chair is ill" [syn: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub]
5: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line;
"Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that
remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge, excise]
6: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She
had scraped together enough money for college"; "they
scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up,
scratch, come up]
7: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a
pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the
lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn:
scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe] |
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