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scrat
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scrat, v. t. [OE. scratten. Cf. Scratch.].
To scratch. Burton. [1913 Webster]
scrat, v. i.
To rake; to search. Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster]
scrat, n. [Cf. AS. scritta an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut a scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old, shriveled person.].
An hermaphrodite. Skinner. [1913 Webster]
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