scratch pan

A pan in salt-works to receive the scratch. scratch-race, s . A race in which the competitors are either drawn by lot or taken without regard to qualifications; a race in which all start on the same terms. scratch-weed, s. Bot.: Galium aparine; so named because the hooked bristles or its fruit enable it to adhere to whatever it touches. [CLEAVERS.] scratch-wig, s . The same as SCRATCH, S., A. I. 3. scratch-work, s . A species of fresco, consisting of a colored plaster laid on the face of a building, ., and covered with a white one, which being scratched through to any design the colored one appears and forms the contrast. scratch-er, s . [Eng. scratch , v.;-er.] One who or that which scratches; specifically, a bird which scratches for food, as the common fowl; one of the Rasores (q. v.). screechy IMG:content-1068.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A sharp, shrill sound.