scratch1 (skrach)

and a. [ coat plastering, it is also called, when laid on lath, the laying - coat, and when laid on brick the rendering -coat. In three-coat plastering, it is called the pricking - up coat when laid on lath, roughing -in coat when laid on brick. roughened by scratching the surface with a pointed in It is named scratch - coat from the fact that it is usually strument before it is set hard, in order that the next coat may more strongly adhere to it. scratch-comma (skrach'kom"), n. In print ing, a diagonal line of the form /, used as a comma by Caxton. Compare solidus. scratch-cradle (skrach'kra"dl), n. cat's-cradle. Same as