different between itching vs mitching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English ecchinge, ?itchinge, ?icchinde, ?ichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ?i??ende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch +? -ing.

Verb

itching

1. present participle of itch

Etymology 2

From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ?icchunge (also unassibilated as ?ykynge), equivalent to itch +? -ing.

Noun

itching (plural itchings)

1. A sensation that itches.
   • 1856, Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology (page 71)

     Itchings, hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.

English

Alternative forms

• miching, micking

Etymology

From mitch +? -ing.

Verb

mitching

1. present participle of mitch

Noun

mitching (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal) Pilfering; skulking.
2. (Britain regional) Playing truant.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 6:

     As soon as she was out of the front gate, my father would say, ‘Come along, son: let's go mitchin'!’ and we'd go out to the shed at the back [...].

3. (Britain dialectal) A pretense of poverty.