cratchn.¹

Brit.

/kratʃ/, U.S.

/krætʃ/

Forms: Middle English crecche, Middle English creke, Middle English cracche, crachche, Middle English–1500s crache, cratche, 1500s crach, cretche, (1500s–1600s dialect critch), 1500s– cratch.

Etymology: Middle English crecche , < Old French creche, cresche manger, crib = Provençal crepcha , crepia , Italian greppia < Romance type *creppja , a German type *crippja (Gothic kribjo ), whence Old High German chrippa , German krippe = Old English cribb , crib n. Thus cratch and crib are in origin identical.

a. A rack or crib to hold fodder for horses and cattle in a stable or a cowshed; in early use sometimes, a manger. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΚΠ

a1300 Gloss. to Neckam in Wright Voc. I. 106 In stabulo sit presepe (gloss creeche [? crecche]).

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3233 Queyntliche to his cracche was corue swiche a weie, þat men miȝt legge him [the horse] mete.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. i. 3 The oxe kneȝ his weldere, and the asse the cracche of his lord.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1426 A Crache or cribbe. Præsepium.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Presepio, a cratch, a rack, a manger, an oxe-stall in a stable, a crib, or a critch.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiii. 128 Let his harnes be tyed, and he close made fast to the cratch.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. iv. 22 Beeves fatned at the cratch in Oxe stalls.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 324 Cratch, a Rack for Hay or Straw.

1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 63 Cratch or Critch, a Rack.

b. spec. applied to the ‘manger’ at Bethlehem where the infant Jesus was laid. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > fodder rack

cribOE

hatchlOE

cratch?c1225

rack1343

mangerc1350

heckc1420

hake1551

stand heck1570

hack1612

meat rack1744

hay-rack1825

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 190 Haleidein him anheh up inancreche wið clutes biwrabbed.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 64 Ȝe sall fynd a chylde thar bounden In a creke, wit cloutes wounden.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 7 Sche childide her firste born sone, and wlappide him in clothis, and puttide him in a cracche.

a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) x. 55 A stable was his beste house, and a cratche his cradle.

1656 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. ii. 13 From his cratch to his cross, he suffered many a little death all his life long.

1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 11 The Coffin of our Christmas Pies in shape long, is in imitation of the Cratch.

a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 48 When we saw him in a cratch, a weak, And sucking Babe.

1884 C. D. Warner in Harper's Mag. Dec. 9/2 The ‘cratch’, that is, the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid.

†c. Astronomy. The star-cluster known as Præsepe (the manger), in the constellation Cancer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [noun] > Praesepe

crib1556

manger1556

cratch1647

Praesepe1658

beehive1869

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clix. 667 The ascendant directed To the Cratch in the Crab.

2. A movable rack for feeding beasts out of doors.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > fodder rack > movable

cratch?1530

tumbril1635

?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxxi^v It is necessarye to make standynge cratches to cast theyr fodder in.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 140 To feede them [sc. sheep] at home in Cratches.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 176/1 Cratch, or Racks, to give..Sheep..meat in, in the Winter~time.

1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 305 The farmer has driven his flocks into the farm-yard, where some honest Giles piles their cratches plentifully with fodder.

1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 208 It consists of a cratch in the centre for hay, and four mangers projecting from it for corn or roots; the whole roofed with boards and mounted on four wheels.

1870 Auctioneer's Catal. in G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Cratches and mangers.

1877 Auctioneer's Catal. in G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Two sheep-cratches.

†3. transferred. A small house, a cot; cf. crib n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > small house > small ( and humble) house

cotc893

cotlif1001

cotea1034

cratchc1325

shiel1338

cottagec1405

cot-housec1550

cell1577

shiel-house1804

c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 75 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 327 He priketh out of toune..Into a straunge contré, and halt a wenche in cracche.

4. A wooden grating or hurdle; a sparred frame or rack, for various purposes. local.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting framework

cradle1379

cratch1382

frame1388

brandreth1483

scaffold?1523

crate1526

bone1542

framework1578

anatomy1591

scaffoldage1609

brake1623

truss1654

skeletona1658

carcass1663

box frame1693

crib1693

scaffolding1789

staddlea1800

gantry1810

cradling1823

potence1832

ossaturea1878

tower1970

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Chron. iv. 23 Dwellynge in plauntyngis, and in cratchis [a1425 L.V. heggis].

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vii. ix. 696 In Bengo and Coanza they are forced to set vp..houses upon cratches.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. v. 844 Their Bouacan is a grediron of foure cratches.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. iii. 51 Poore bridges, onely made of a few cratches, thrust in the ose, and three or four poles laid on them.

1804 Hull Advertiser 3 Mar. 2/2 A large Bottle Cratch framed and tiled.

1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 722/1 Cratch (Rutl.), a sort of rack with two legs and two handles, used to kill sheep on.

1865 E. Meteyard Life J. Wedgwood I. 201 And hooked to the beams of the ceiling the great oak-made cratch for bacon.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire The cratch in a drainer is the frame which supports the curd, and allows the whey to ooze out. Cratches are likewise fastened round the sides of a cart (e.g. in harvest-time) to allow of a larger load being placed upon it.

Compounds

cratch-yard n. a yard containing cratches or racks for fodder.

ΚΠ

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 30 Cast into the Cratch-yard all Winter, and bestowed on the fallowes next September.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cratch-yard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† cratchn.²

Etymology: < cratch v.

Obsolete or dialect.

1. Some cutaneous disease attended with itching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > itching diseases

cratcha1400

pruritusa1400

prurit1612

prurigoa1646

prurition1748

prurigo1798

ground-itch1823

frost itch1887

Morgellons2002

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11823 Wit þe crache [Fairf. skratting] him tok þe scurf.

2. plural. A disease in the feet of horses; the scratches (scratch n.¹ 2a). Also a similar disease in sheep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of horses or sheep

cratches?1523

bluetongue1863

Borna disease1898

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxv^v Craches is a sorance [that]..apereth in y^e pasturnes lyke as the skynne were cutte ouerthwart.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 411 Of the Cratches or Rats tailes... This is a kind of long scabby rifts growing..in the hinder part, from the fewterlock vp to the Curb.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 615 Of the warts, and cratches of Sheepe. This disease..doth anoye the sheep.

1877 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† cratchv.

Forms: Middle English crechen, Middle English cracche, Middle English–1500s crache, cratch(e.

Etymology: Etymological history obscure: somewhat similar forms are Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kratsen (modern Dutch and Low German krassen), Old High German chrazzôn, Middle High German kratzen, kretzen, German kratzen; also Danish kradse, Swedish kratsa. Of all these the original seems to be the Old High German chrazzon, which corresponds to a West Germanic *krattôn, apparently the source of French gratter, Provençal gratar, Spanish gratar, Italian grattare. The English may possibly have been adopted < Dutch or Low German in 12–13th cent.; but evidence is wanting. Scratch , which appeared in 16th cent., appears to be a modification of cratch : see S n.¹

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To scratch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > scratch or graze

cratchc1320

scrat1340

cramse1440

scratch1474

crutch1481

rata1560

razea1586

gravel1608

ravel1621

graze1701

ruffle1731

skin1795

bark1850

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > scratching > [verb (transitive)]

clawc1320

cratchc1320

cloe?a1400

scratch1530

scrat1542

clye1587

c1320 Orfeo 78 She..cracched hur tyl that sche can blede.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 154 He [the cat] wil..Cracche vs, or clowe vs.

a1483 Stans Puer 63 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 58 Crache not þi fleche.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxii^v A good payre of nayles, & to crach and claw.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Cratche out ones eyes, oculos exculpere.

b. absol. or intransitive (usually for reflexive).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (intransitive)] > scratch or graze

forcratch?a1366

cratch1393

bebrush1587

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > scratching > [verb (intransitive)]

shrepea1250

cratch1393

shrubc1460

scratch1600

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 140 Ich crie and cracche with my kene nailes.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxl. f. clxiii .iii. of them all rased the Body of y^e olde Egle, and the .iiii. was cratchynge at the olde Eglys eyen.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxii Some doth name it an ych for the pacient must crache and clawe.

2. transitive. To seize or snatch with, or as with, claws; to scrape up greedily; to grab.The first quot. is possibly an error for crochen or clechen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > eagerly or readily

cratch1377

snap1794

to pounce on (or upon)1828

snap1873

a1225 Juliana 35 Make me war & wite me wið his crefti crokes þat ha me ne crechen.]

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 139 Al þe clergye vnder cryste ne miȝte me cracche fro helle.

1564 T. Becon Workes Pref. sig. Ciiii He that doth nothing but rake and take, cratche and snatche, kepe and swepe all that he can get.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 402 Their crafty conveyaunce to cratche uppe the pence.

Derivatives

ˈcratching n.

ΚΠ

c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 876 He mot the bringge to swich ending, Als hadde the bor for his cracheing.

1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vi In kembyng or cratchinge of the heade.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

n.¹?c1225

n.²a1400

v.c1320

单词	cratch
释义	cratchn.¹ Brit. /kratʃ/, U.S. /krætʃ/ Forms: Middle English crecche, Middle English creke, Middle English cracche, crachche, Middle English–1500s crache, cratche, 1500s crach, cretche, (1500s–1600s dialect critch), 1500s– cratch. Etymology: Middle English crecche , < Old French creche, cresche manger, crib = Provençal crepcha , crepia , Italian greppia < Romance type creppja , a German type crippja (Gothic kribjo ), whence Old High German chrippa , German krippe = Old English cribb , crib n. Thus cratch and crib are in origin identical. 1. a. A rack or crib to hold fodder for horses and cattle in a stable or a cowshed; in early use sometimes, a manger. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΚΠ a1300 Gloss. to Neckam in Wright Voc. I. 106 In stabulo sit presepe (gloss creeche [? crecche]). a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3233 Queyntliche to his cracche was corue swiche a weie, þat men miȝt legge him [the horse] mete. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. i. 3 The oxe kneȝ his weldere, and the asse the cracche of his lord. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1426 A Crache or cribbe. Præsepium. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Presepio, a cratch, a rack, a manger, an oxe-stall in a stable, a crib, or a critch. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiii. 128 Let his harnes be tyed, and he close made fast to the cratch. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. iv. 22 Beeves fatned at the cratch in Oxe stalls. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 324 Cratch, a Rack for Hay or Straw. 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 63 Cratch or Critch, a Rack. b. spec. applied to the ‘manger’ at Bethlehem where the infant Jesus was laid. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > fodder rack cribOE hatchlOE cratch?c1225 rack1343 mangerc1350 heckc1420 hake1551 stand heck1570 hack1612 meat rack1744 hay-rack1825 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 190 Haleidein him anheh up inancreche wið clutes biwrabbed. c1325 Metr. Hom. 64 Ȝe sall fynd a chylde thar bounden In a creke, wit cloutes wounden. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 7 Sche childide her firste born sone, and wlappide him in clothis, and puttide him in a cracche. a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) x. 55 A stable was his beste house, and a cratche his cradle. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. ii. 13 From his cratch to his cross, he suffered many a little death all his life long. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 11 The Coffin of our Christmas Pies in shape long, is in imitation of the Cratch. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 48 When we saw him in a cratch, a weak, And sucking Babe. 1884 C. D. Warner in Harper's Mag. Dec. 9/2 The ‘cratch’, that is, the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid. †c. Astronomy. The star-cluster known as Præsepe (the manger), in the constellation Cancer. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [noun] > Praesepe crib1556 manger1556 cratch1647 Praesepe1658 beehive1869 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clix. 667 The ascendant directed To the Cratch in the Crab. 2. A movable rack for feeding beasts out of doors. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > fodder rack > movable cratch?1530 tumbril1635 ?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxxi^v It is necessarye to make standynge cratches to cast theyr fodder in. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 140 To feede them [sc. sheep] at home in Cratches. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 176/1 Cratch, or Racks, to give..Sheep..meat in, in the Winter~time. 1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 305 The farmer has driven his flocks into the farm-yard, where some honest Giles piles their cratches plentifully with fodder. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 208 It consists of a cratch in the centre for hay, and four mangers projecting from it for corn or roots; the whole roofed with boards and mounted on four wheels. 1870 Auctioneer's Catal. in G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Cratches and mangers. 1877 Auctioneer's Catal. in G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Two sheep-cratches. †3. transferred. A small house, a cot; cf. crib n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > small house > small ( and humble) house cotc893 cotlif1001 cotea1034 cratchc1325 shiel1338 cottagec1405 cot-housec1550 cell1577 shiel-house1804 c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 75 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 327 He priketh out of toune..Into a straunge contré, and halt a wenche in cracche. 4. A wooden grating or hurdle; a sparred frame or rack, for various purposes. local. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting framework cradle1379 cratch1382 frame1388 brandreth1483 scaffold?1523 crate1526 bone1542 framework1578 anatomy1591 scaffoldage1609 brake1623 truss1654 skeletona1658 carcass1663 box frame1693 crib1693 scaffolding1789 staddlea1800 gantry1810 cradling1823 potence1832 ossaturea1878 tower1970 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Chron. iv. 23 Dwellynge in plauntyngis, and in cratchis [a1425 L.V. heggis]. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vii. ix. 696 In Bengo and Coanza they are forced to set vp..houses upon cratches. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. v. 844 Their Bouacan is a grediron of foure cratches. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. iii. 51 Poore bridges, onely made of a few cratches, thrust in the ose, and three or four poles laid on them. 1804 Hull Advertiser 3 Mar. 2/2 A large Bottle Cratch framed and tiled. 1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 722/1 Cratch (Rutl.), a sort of rack with two legs and two handles, used to kill sheep on. 1865 E. Meteyard Life J. Wedgwood I. 201 And hooked to the beams of the ceiling the great oak-made cratch for bacon. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire The cratch in a drainer is the frame which supports the curd, and allows the whey to ooze out. Cratches are likewise fastened round the sides of a cart (e.g. in harvest-time) to allow of a larger load being placed upon it. Compounds cratch-yard n. a yard containing cratches or racks for fodder. ΚΠ 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 30 Cast into the Cratch-yard all Winter, and bestowed on the fallowes next September. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cratch-yard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † cratchn.² Etymology: < cratch v. Obsolete or dialect. 1. Some cutaneous disease attended with itching. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > itching diseases cratcha1400 pruritusa1400 prurit1612 prurigoa1646 prurition1748 prurigo1798 ground-itch1823 frost itch1887 Morgellons2002 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11823 Wit þe crache [Fairf. skratting] him tok þe scurf. 2. plural. A disease in the feet of horses; the scratches (scratch n.¹ 2a). Also a similar disease in sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of horses or sheep cratches?1523 bluetongue1863 Borna disease1898 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxv^v Craches is a sorance [that]..apereth in y^e pasturnes lyke as the skynne were cutte ouerthwart. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 411 Of the Cratches or Rats tailes... This is a kind of long scabby rifts growing..in the hinder part, from the fewterlock vp to the Curb. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 615 Of the warts, and cratches of Sheepe. This disease..doth anoye the sheep. 1877 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † cratchv. Forms: Middle English crechen, Middle English cracche, Middle English–1500s crache, cratch(e. Etymology: Etymological history obscure: somewhat similar forms are Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kratsen (modern Dutch and Low German krassen), Old High German chrazzôn, Middle High German kratzen, kretzen, German kratzen; also Danish kradse, Swedish kratsa. Of all these the original seems to be the Old High German chrazzon, which corresponds to a West Germanic krattôn, apparently the source of French gratter, Provençal gratar, Spanish gratar, Italian grattare. The English may possibly have been adopted < Dutch or Low German in 12–13th cent.; but evidence is wanting. Scratch* , which appeared in 16th cent., appears to be a modification of cratch : see S n.¹ Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To scratch. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > scratch or graze cratchc1320 scrat1340 cramse1440 scratch1474 crutch1481 rata1560 razea1586 gravel1608 ravel1621 graze1701 ruffle1731 skin1795 bark1850 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > scratching > [verb (transitive)] clawc1320 cratchc1320 cloe?a1400 scratch1530 scrat1542 clye1587 c1320 Orfeo 78 She..cracched hur tyl that sche can blede. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 154 He [the cat] wil..Cracche vs, or clowe vs. a1483 Stans Puer 63 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 58 Crache not þi fleche. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxii^v A good payre of nayles, & to crach and claw. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Cratche out ones eyes, oculos exculpere. b. absol. or intransitive (usually for reflexive). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (intransitive)] > scratch or graze forcratch?a1366 cratch1393 bebrush1587 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > scratching > [verb (intransitive)] shrepea1250 cratch1393 shrubc1460 scratch1600 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 140 Ich crie and cracche with my kene nailes. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxl. f. clxiii .iii. of them all rased the Body of y^e olde Egle, and the .iiii. was cratchynge at the olde Eglys eyen. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxii Some doth name it an ych for the pacient must crache and clawe. 2. transitive. To seize or snatch with, or as with, claws; to scrape up greedily; to grab.The first quot. is possibly an error for crochen or clechen. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > eagerly or readily cratch1377 snap1794 to pounce on (or upon)1828 snap1873 a1225 Juliana 35 Make me war & wite me wið his crefti crokes þat ha me ne crechen.] 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 139 Al þe clergye vnder cryste ne miȝte me cracche fro helle. 1564 T. Becon Workes Pref. sig. Ciiii He that doth nothing but rake and take, cratche and snatche, kepe and swepe all that he can get. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 402 Their crafty conveyaunce to cratche uppe the pence. Derivatives ˈcratching n. ΚΠ c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 876 He mot the bringge to swich ending, Als hadde the bor for his cracheing. 1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vi In kembyng or cratchinge of the heade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹?c1225n.²a1400v.c1320
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cratchn.1

Compounds

† cratchn.2

† cratchv.

Derivatives

cratchn.¹

† cratchn.²