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† ˈcratchen, -ing Obs. (exc. dial.)
[app. the same as cracon, crakan, with palatalized k; but it has also the variant form scratching, as if associated with the pair cratch, scratch.]
In pl. The refuse of grease or tallow; = crackling n. 3.
1601Holland Pliny II. 369 The..grease..is to passe through linnen bags that it may be tried from all the grosse cratchens. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 102/2 Craves or Cratchens is the Dross of the Tallow. 1884Chesh. Gloss., Cratcherns or Cratchings, (1) the dried up bits that remain after the rendering of lard, used for making cratchern cakes; (2) graves, from a chandler's refuse fat. 1887S. Chesh. Gloss., Cratchin, (1) one of the bits of flesh remaining after the ‘rendering down’ of lard. |