† scratchinglyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
In a scratching manner.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb] > scratching or scraping
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. R2v Like a cat, when scratchingly she wheeles about after a mouse.
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adv.a1586- to come up with the rations
- to come upon
- to come upon one's own legs
- to come upon the town
- to come well to our pass
- to come well to pass
- to come with
- to come with a wet sail
- to come with cap in hand
- to come with the arm
- to come with the territory
- to come yorkshire on one
- to come, bring to a grappling
- to come, etc, off one's high horse
- to come, fall to scanning
- to come, fall under, lie in one's cap
- to come, gang, go, ride a, the, his, her, etc gate
- to come, get loose
- to come, go, etc by the board
- to comfort the cockles of a person's a person's cockles
- to comfort the cockles of a person's heart
- to command
- to command a suit of cards
- to command from
- to command to armour