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A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
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n.
A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
n.
See Scratch coat.
v. t.
To scratch to pieces.
a.
Characterized by scratches.
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Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
a.
Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.
v. t.
To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.
v. t.
Hence, to scratch or tear.
v. t.
To scratch; to rub.
n.
A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.
imp. & p. p.
of Scratch
n.
One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.
v. t.
To scratch.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Scratch
v. t.
To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
v. t.
To scratch.
v. i.
To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
adv.
With the action of scratching.
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