† bescramblev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To scratch, tear.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scratch
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scrat1340
frushc1430
scrapec1440
scartc1480
scrab1481
heckle?1507
mouse1531
bescratch1555
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ferret-claw1591
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 361 The ragged Bramble With thousand scratches doth their skin be-scramble.
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