bescratchv.
/bɪˈskratʃ/ transitive. To cover with scratches, to scratch all over.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scratch
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1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. 98 He that hath this disease..all to beskratcheth his bodie.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. 312 Our pleasant Fig trees, are bescratcht and dropt.
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxxvii Bepierced and bescratched.
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