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▪ I. scranch, n. dial. (skrɔːnʃ) [f. scranch v.] A ‘scranching’ noise or sound.1881 T. E. Brown Fo'c's'le Yarns 188 It [sc. the storm] come With a rip and a roar,..Rip-rip-rip—you know the scranch of it.▪ II. scranch, v. Obs. exc. dial. (skrɔːnʃ) Also scraunch. [App. an onomatopœic formation, relate...
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craunch
▪ I. craunch, cranch, v. (krɑːnʃ, krɔːnʃ) [Cranch appears after 1600; in early use it varied with scranch, still given by Johnson, 1755, as retained by the Scots, and now dialectal. As in other words where initial cr- and scr- interchange (cf. crab, scrab, crap, scrap, cratch, scratch), it is doubtf...
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scr-
scr- 1. While as a general rule an initial sc- or sk- in a mod.Eng. word indicates that the word is not of OE. origin (OE. sc- being normally represented, in dialects as well as in standard English, by sh-), it is doubtful whether the rule applies to the combination scr-. The modern representation o...
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shrench
▪ I. † shrench, v.1 Obs. Also 2–3 screnche, 3 schrenche, Ormin scr-, skrennkenn, 4 chrenche. [OE. screncan = (M)LG. schrenken to place crosswise, MDu. schrencken to ensnare, hinder, deceive, OHG. screnchan, screnken to lay crosswise, deceive (MHG. schrenken, G. schränken):—prehistoric *skraŋkjan. Fr...
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