SCRATCH


Meaning of SCRATCH in English

/skrach/ , n.

Old Scratch; Satan.

[ 1730-40; alter. of scrat hermaphrodite (late ME scratte; cf. OE scritta (once), which may be an error for * scratta ); c. ON skratti devil, goblin, wizard, OHG skraz wood-demon ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .