A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are
brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage;
as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.

A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.

To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals
scratch holes, in which they burrow.

A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or
by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark,
furrow, or incision.

To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to
make scratches.

To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the
name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to
erase; to efface; – often with out.

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something
sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing
something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or
the like.

f. tırmalamak, kazımak; kaşımak, tahriş etmek. The cat scratched me. (Kedi beni tırmaladı.)

To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.

To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate
chance of the game.