scrat

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/skɹæt/

Definition of scrat

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(obsolete)To scratch; to use one's nails or claws.

“Euclio […] as he went from home, seeing a crow scrat upon the muck-hill, returned in all haste, taking it for malum omen, an ill sign […].”

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verb

(obsolete)To scratch; to use one's nails or claws.

“Euclio […] as he went from home, seeing a crow scrat upon the muck-hill, returned in all haste, taking it for malum omen, an ill sign […].”
(UK, obsolete)To rake; to search.

“He himself had scratted in the thin dust of evangelical tracts.”

noun

(obsolete)A hermaphrodite.

“three on the right side for males , three on the left side for femals , and one in the midst for Hermophrodices or Scrats”
(obsolete)A devil.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English scratten. Origin uncertain; apparently related to Swedish kratta (“to rake”). Also compare German kratzen (“to scratch”).

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