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• Scratch-hardness

  noun 1. resistance of a material, as a stone or metal, to scratching by one of several other materials, the known hardnesses of which are assembled into a standard scale, as the Mohs’ scale of minerals.

• Scratch-hit

  noun, Baseball. 1. a batted ball, usually poorly hit, barely enabling the batter to reach base safely: a scratch hit off the end of the bat. scratch hit

• Scratchie

  noun 1. (Austral, informal) a scratchcard

• Scratching

  verb (used with object) 1. to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one’s hand on a nail. 2. to dig, scrape, or tear (something) out or off with or as if with the nails, claws, etc.: to scratch the burs off one’s […]

• Scratching-post

  noun 1. a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.

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