scranchv.

/skrɔːnʃ/

Forms: Also scraunch.

Etymology: Apparently an onomatopoeic formation, related to main sense (which is slightly later in our quots.); compare crunch , scrunch verbs, and note on scr- atS n.¹Modern Dutch and Low German have a verb of similar form and sense: schransen to eat heartily, in 16th cent. (Kilian) schrantsen, ‘mandere, dentibus frangere’, West Flemish schranzen to crunch, chew noisily.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

1. transitive. = crunch v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > munch or crunch

gruse?c1225

maungec1400

muncha1425

champ1530

crash1530

cham1531

chank1567

scranch1620

grouze1628

craunch1632

crump1647

denticate1799

crinch1808

crunch1814

scrunch1825

chomp1848

chump1854

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xiii. 78 Sancho fell to, without inuitation, and champed his bits in the darke, as if he had scraunched knotted cordes.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 983 Locusts..have teeth..with which they easily eat ears of corn, and scranch them with a great noise.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 84 [He] epicurizes upon burning Coals, drinks healths in scalding Brimstone, scraunches the Glasses for his Desart.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Scranch, to crunch, crack, or break any hard thing between the Teeth.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 72 We see the Swine scranching the Acorns.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 431. ⁋3 I then took a strange Hankering to Coals; I fell to scranching 'em.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Scranch, to grind somewhat crackling between the teeth. The Scots retain it.

1785 R. Graves Eugenius I. vi. 35 Flora..scranching her apple.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 354 Skranch, the act of chewing or munching any thing that sounds short under the tooth, green apples, raw carrots, hard biscuits, &c. ‘How 'a dew skransh em’.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Scranch, scrunch, to grind with a crackling noise between the teeth.

2. = crunch v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > make weak [verb (transitive)] > make brittle > make crisp > crush crisp substance

crump1789

crisp1824

crumple1837

scranch1845

crunch1849

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 172 A troop of boys and girls..were coming up the hill, goreing and scranching the crust [of the snow] with their iron corks.

1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 261 [It] broke, being scranched in my pocket, when I fell off pony-back.

Derivatives

ˈscranching n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1846 ‘J. Treenoodle’ Specimens Cornish Provinc. Dial. 38 Apples ripe for scranching.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 204 A bow drawn in, an awkward, unskilful manner across a violin makes a scraunching noise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scranch
释义	scranchn. /skrɔːnʃ/ Etymology: < scranch v. dialect. A ‘scranching’ noise or sound. ΚΠ 1881 T. E. Brown Fo'c's'le Yarns 188 It [sc. the storm] come With a rip and a roar,..Rip-rip-rip—you know the scranch of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). scranchv. /skrɔːnʃ/ Forms: Also scraunch. Etymology: Apparently an onomatopoeic formation, related to main sense (which is slightly later in our quots.); compare crunch , scrunch verbs, and note on scr- atS n.¹Modern Dutch and Low German have a verb of similar form and sense: schransen to eat heartily, in 16th cent. (Kilian) schrantsen, ‘mandere, dentibus frangere’, West Flemish schranzen to crunch, chew noisily. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. transitive. = crunch v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > munch or crunch gruse?c1225 maungec1400 muncha1425 champ1530 crash1530 cham1531 chank1567 scranch1620 grouze1628 craunch1632 crump1647 denticate1799 crinch1808 crunch1814 scrunch1825 chomp1848 chump1854 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xiii. 78 Sancho fell to, without inuitation, and champed his bits in the darke, as if he had scraunched knotted cordes. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 983 Locusts..have teeth..with which they easily eat ears of corn, and scranch them with a great noise. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 84 [He] epicurizes upon burning Coals, drinks healths in scalding Brimstone, scraunches the Glasses for his Desart. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Scranch, to crunch, crack, or break any hard thing between the Teeth. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 72 We see the Swine scranching the Acorns. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 431. ⁋3 I then took a strange Hankering to Coals; I fell to scranching 'em. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Scranch, to grind somewhat crackling between the teeth. The Scots retain it. 1785 R. Graves Eugenius I. vi. 35 Flora..scranching her apple. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 354 Skranch, the act of chewing or munching any thing that sounds short under the tooth, green apples, raw carrots, hard biscuits, &c. ‘How 'a dew skransh em’. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Scranch, scrunch, to grind with a crackling noise between the teeth. 2. = crunch v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > make weak [verb (transitive)] > make brittle > make crisp > crush crisp substance crump1789 crisp1824 crumple1837 scranch1845 crunch1849 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 172 A troop of boys and girls..were coming up the hill, goreing and scranching the crust [of the snow] with their iron corks. 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 261 [It] broke, being scranched in my pocket, when I fell off pony-back. Derivatives ˈscranching n. and adj. ΚΠ 1846 ‘J. Treenoodle’ Specimens Cornish Provinc. Dial. 38 Apples ripe for scranching. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 204 A bow drawn in, an awkward, unskilful manner across a violin makes a scraunching noise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881v.1620
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