Reverse Dictionary: SCRATCH

ADJECTIVES
► BATTERFANGED bruised, beaten, scratched → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PICKY prickly, thorny, scratchy → c1970 Amer. dial.
► RACED scratched; cut, slashed → 1576 obs.
► SCRAWMY scratched, marked; streaked in large showy flourishes → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAWTY apt or likely to scratch; hard-pointed, as a pen → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRIGGY scratchy → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► AMYCHOPHOBIA fear of being scratched → 2008 (Bk.)
► BACK-SCRAWTER a scratcher for the back → 1876 Eng. dial. obs.
► BATTERFANGING a sound beating or scratching → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DING a dent, scratch, scrape, or rip → 1945 US sl.
► GARK a scratch → 1998 NZ sl. 
► HAFFET-CLAWING face-scratching → 1895 Eng. dial.
► RACE a cut, slit, mark, scratch → c1500 obs.
► RACING the act of scratching, cutting, or scraping out → 1576 obs.
► RANCH a deep and severe scratch; a flesh wound → 1611
► RASE 1. the act of scraping or scratching; the fact of being scratched or cut → 1530 obs.
2. a scratch, a cut, a slit → 1579-80 obs.
► RASURE the act of scraping or shaving; a scratch, mark, cut, slit → 1470-85 obs.
► RAT a scratch → 1841 Sc.
► SCART 1. a scratch with the nails, claws, or some sharp object → 1709 Sc.
2. a scratch; a scratching; the itch → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCARTLE a scraping or scratching → 1823 Sc.
► SCLOMB a scratch → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCLUM a scratch → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCRAB a scratch → 19C N. Ireland
► SCRABBLE a scratching → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAMMAGE a scratch → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAMMISH a scratch → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRANCH a mark or scratch → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRANGE a deep scratch → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAT a scratch; a very slight wound; a scratching noise → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRATTLE a scratch → 1867 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWK a scratch, a mark; a mark with a pen → 1865 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWL a scratch, a mark → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWT a scratch or scrape → 1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAZE a scratch, a graze; a slight incision → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRIT a tear, a rent; a scratch → 1892 Sc.
► SCROBBLE a scratching; a pawing, as a dog → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKELP a deep scratch → 1887 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKLUM a scratch → 1892 Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► SCRATTER a person who scratches → 1839 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► ARR to scar; to scratch; to beat → 1841 Eng. dial.
► BESCRAMBLE to scratch, to tear → 1598 obs.
► CAPERCLAW to claw or scratch with the open hand and nails; to beat, to thrash → 1589 obs.
► CLAPPERCLAW to claw, scratch, slap, fight with the open hand and nails; to beat with the open hand, to thrash (generally used of women) → 1590 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRAMSE ► CRAMZE to claw, to scratch → 1440 obs.
► CRATCH to scratch → 1320 obs.
► CURRY to tickle, to scrape, to scratch, to claw → 1598
► DIG to scratch → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DING to dent, scratch, scrape or rip → 1968 US sl.
► FAGE to scratch, as a dog does → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel → 1539 obs.
► FAUCH to scratch, to claw, to rub; to scrub hard → 1923 Sc.
► FEG to scratch → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FERRICK to scratch → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FEY to scratch, as a dog does → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FRUSH to rub harshly, to scratch → 1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MAKE THE FUR FLY to claw; to scratch; to wound severely → 1814
► NIP to scratch, to give a superficial wound → 1983 African-American sl.
► PLAY THE SCOTCH FIDDLE to scratch oneself → 1836 Eng. dial.
► RACE to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash → c1440 obs. exc. techn.
► RAISE to tear; to scratch; to cut → c1475 obs.
► RANCH to tear, to cut, to scratch → c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAPE to scratch with violence → 1873 Eng. dial.
► RASE to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing → c1400 obs.
► RAT to scratch; to make a deep impression or score upon anything → 1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RUSK to pluck roughly; to scratch, to claw → a1525 Sc. obs.
► SCALPTIZE to scratch →  1708 obs.
► SCART to scratch; to strike a match → 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together → 1825 Sc.
► SCAUM to scratch the face with the nails → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCLAW ► SKLAW to claw; to tear with the nails; to scratch → 1777 Eng. dial.
► SCLOMB to scratch as a cat; to maul → 1854 Eng. dial.
► SCLOW to claw; to tear with the nails; to scratch → 1777 Eng. dial.
► SCLUM ► SKLUM to scratch as a cat; to maul → 1854 Eng. dial.
► SCORE to scratch; to mark by flogging → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRAB to scratch, scrape, claw → 1481 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SCRABBLE to scratch, to paw; to make clutching movements with the hands; to make a scratching noise → 1888 Eng. dial.
► SCRAMB to scratch with the nails or claws → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRANCH to scratch → 1863 Eng. dial.
► SCRANGE to inflict a deep scratch → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAP to scrape, to scratch → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAPE THE ENAMEL to scratch the skin by falling → c1890 cyclists’ sl.
► SCRAT ► SKRAT to scratch; to make a scratching noise → 1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRATE to scratch; to make a scratching noise, as with a slate pencil → 19C Eng. dial.
► SCRATTLE to scratch → 1867 Eng. dial.
► SCRAUK ► SCRAWK to scratch, to mark; to scratch with a pen, to scrawl → 1839 Eng. dial.
► SCRAUNCH to scratch → 1863 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWL to scratch → 1865 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWM to scratch; to make irregular marks upon the surface of anything; to scribble, to scrawl → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWT to scratch, to scrape; to make a scratching  noise → 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRIT to tear, to rend; to scratch → 1892 Sc.
► SCROBBLE to scratch; to paw, as a dog → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCROBE to scratch → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCROUT to scratch vigorously → 1879 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCROW to scratch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHUG to scratch → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKELP to scratch so as to seriously injure the skin → 1887 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TALON to tear with the talons; to claw, to scratch → 1685 obs.
► TIRL to make a rattling or scratching sound; to tap, to patter, to knock → 1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAGE to scratch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YEWK to rub; to scratch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)