Etymology

bescratch

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Today it means: To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over. Full definition →

Middle English bescratchen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombescratchen
  2. English todaybescratch

From Middle English bescratchen, equivalent to be- + scratch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.