Word Meanings - SCRATCHPLAYERSCRATCHRUNNER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.

• Scratchback
  A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
• Scratchbrush
  A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
• Scratch coat
  The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
• Scratcher
  One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.
• Scratchweed
  Cleavers.
• First-class
  Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.
• Scratchwork
  See Scratch coat.
• First-hand
  Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent.
• FIRSTCLASS
  Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers wh
• First-rate
  Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation.
• SCRATCHCOAT
  The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.

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