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ratch
English
Etymology 1
Noun
ratch (plural ratches)
- Alternative form of rach
Etymology 2
Noun
ratch (plural ratches)
- Alternative form of rotche
Etymology 3
Noun
ratch (plural ratches)
- A ratchet wheel.
- A white mark on a horse's face.
Verb
ratch (third-person singular simple present ratches, present participle ratching, simple past and past participle ratched)
- (transitive) To stretch.
- (transitive) To streak.
- (intransitive) To sail by tacks.
Anagrams
- chart, trach
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cratch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?æt?/
Etymology 1
From Middle English cratchen, cracchen (“to scratch”), alteration of *cratsen (“to scratch”), from Old Norse *kratsa or Middle Low German kratsen, krassen (“to scratch”), both ultimately from Old High German krazz?n, craz?n (“to scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *kratt?n? (“to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, *grod- (“to scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Icelandic krota (“to engrave”). Compare also Icelandic krassa (“to scrawl”), Danish kradse (“to scratch, scrape, claw”), Swedish kratsa (“to scratch”), Dutch kratsen (“to scratch”), German kratzen (“to scratch”).
Verb
cratch (third-person singular simple present cratches, present participle cratching, simple past and past participle cratched)
- (obsolete) To scratch.
References
- An historical dictionary
Etymology 2
From Middle English cratche, cracche, crecche (“crib”), from Old French creche (“crib, manger”), from Frankish *krippja (“crib”), from Proto-Germanic *kribj?. More at creche, crib.
Noun
cratch (plural cratches)
- (obsolete) A grated crib or manger.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne of Heavenly Love
- Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne of Heavenly Love
- (nautical) The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.
Derived terms
- cratch cradle
Etymology 3
Noun
cratch (plural cratches)
- A swelling on a horse's pastern, under the fetlock.
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