scrattlev.

Etymology: Frequentative < scrat v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscrattle.

dialect.

1. intransitive. To keep on scratching; transitive to scrape away by quickly repeated movements.

ΚΠ

1739 W. Shenstone Let. in Wks. (1777) III. 5 I sat down, and wrote thus far: scrattle, scrattle, goes the pen.

1817 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Scrattle, to scratch, as fowls do.

1870 Daily News 16 Apr. The authoress..can toil through a long day ‘scrattling’ the snow away from frozen sheep.

2. (See quot. 1864.)

ΚΠ

1817 H. L. Piozzi Let. 4 Jan. in Autobiogr. Mrs. Piozzi (1861) II. 187 Coal carts scrattling up the hill often used to make me think—‘Hinc ex audiri gemitus, et sæva sonare Verbera; tum stridor ferri, tractæque catenæ.’

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxx Nobody..cared for nothing but scrattling up and down alongshore like to prawns in a pule.

1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton vii. 175 With west-countrymen, to ‘scrattle’ still means to scramble, or shuffle about.

Derivatives

ˈscrattling n. and adj. scraping, scratching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > scratching or scraping

scraping1561

scrabbling1582

screed?a1669

scratching1776

scratch1787

scritch-scratch1842

scrooping1849

scroopa1859

scrattling1861

scritch-scratching1881

scrape1886

scritch1953

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 43 A bouncing and scrattling was heard on the stairs, and a white bulldog rushed in.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iv. 75 In this flamin', scrattlin' place.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	scrattle
释义	scrattlev. Etymology: Frequentative < scrat v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscrattle. dialect. 1. intransitive. To keep on scratching; transitive to scrape away by quickly repeated movements. ΚΠ 1739 W. Shenstone Let. in Wks. (1777) III. 5 I sat down, and wrote thus far: scrattle, scrattle, goes the pen. 1817 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Scrattle, to scratch, as fowls do. 1870 Daily News 16 Apr. The authoress..can toil through a long day ‘scrattling’ the snow away from frozen sheep. 2. (See quot. 1864.) ΚΠ 1817 H. L. Piozzi Let. 4 Jan. in Autobiogr. Mrs. Piozzi (1861) II. 187 Coal carts scrattling up the hill often used to make me think—‘Hinc ex audiri gemitus, et sæva sonare Verbera; tum stridor ferri, tractæque catenæ.’ 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxx Nobody..cared for nothing but scrattling up and down alongshore like to prawns in a pule. 1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton vii. 175 With west-countrymen, to ‘scrattle’ still means to scramble, or shuffle about. Derivatives ˈscrattling n. and adj. scraping, scratching. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > scratching or scraping scraping1561 scrabbling1582 screed?a1669 scratching1776 scratch1787 scritch-scratch1842 scrooping1849 scroopa1859 scrattling1861 scritch-scratching1881 scrape1886 scritch1953 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 43 A bouncing and scrattling was heard on the stairs, and a white bulldog rushed in. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iv. 75 In this flamin', scrattlin' place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1739
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