scatch

[Fr. escache.] A kind of bridle-bit, Called also a Scatch mouth. scătch-ěş, s . pl . [O. Fr. escha es (Fr.echa es) =stilts, from Dut. schaets, schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate.] Stilts to put the feet in for walking in dirty places. "Walking upon stilts or scatches."-Urquhart: Rabelais, ii. 1. scătch-mouth, s. [SCATCн.] *scate, s. & v. [SKATE.] *sca-tê-bro us, a . [Latin scatebra = a spring, from scateo =to overflow.] Abounding with springs. *scăth, v . & 8. [SCATHE, v. & 8.] *scath-fire, s. A very destructive fire. scathe, scaith, *scath, *skathe, subst. [A. S. sceadha: Icel. skadha, skadhi; O. Fris. skatha; Goth. skathis; Dut. & Ger. schade.] Hurt, harm, injury. "For harme and scathe by hym done in Fraunce." Fabyan: Chronycie , ch. lxxv. scathe, scaith, *scath, v . t. [A. S. sceadhan; cogn. with Icel. skadha ; Sw. skada ; Dan. skade ; Ger. & Dut. schaden ; Goth. gaskathjan .] To hurt, to harm, to injure, to damage; to destroy. scathe-fül, scath-ful, *scath-full, a. [Eng. scathe; -full.] Hurtful, harmful. "O scatheful harm, condition of poverte." Chaucer: C. Т. , 4,519. scathe-fül-ne , scath-ful-ne , subst . [Eng. scatheful; -ne .] The quality or state of being hurtful or injurious; hurtfulne , injuriousne .