Scratch

skrach, v. [scratched (skracht), scratch- ing.] To rub, tear, or mark the surface of, with something sharp or ragged to wound slightly to scrape with the nails to dig or excavate with the claws; to erase.— To use the claws in tearing or digging.— To scratch out. To erase, rub out, obliterate.— n. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching; a slight furrow or mark; a slight wound or incision a kind of wig covering only a portion of the head. (Pugilistic Matches.) A line acro the prize ring, up to which boxers are brought when they join fight test, trial, or proof of courage. A count in billiards made unintentionally, — called in Eng fluke, pi. (Far.) A disease in horses consisting of dry chaps or scabs, between the heel and pastern joint. [ME. scratten, cracchen, Sw. kratsa, Dan. kradse, G. kratzen, to scratch, scrape grate, Gr. keirein, to shear, Skr. kri, to injure, qri, to wound: see Scrape.]