grattelle, n.f., (med.) rash, itching.

gratte-navire, n.m., (—-—s) ship-scraper.

gratte-papier, n.m., (, or —-—s) scribbling drudge, quill driver.

gratter, v.a., to scratch, to scrape, to claw, to dig, to paw. Trop — cuit, trop parler nuit; the least said the soonest mended. — quelqu’un où il lui démange; to talk of a thing that pleases any one. — le papier; to drive the quill.

se gratter, v.r., to scratch one’s self; to scrape one’s self. Qui se sent galeux se gratte; let him whom the cap fits wear it.

grattoir, n.m., scratching-knife, scraper, eraser.

gratton, n.m., (bot.) V. grateron.

gratuit, -e, adj., gratuitous, free. Supposition —e; gratuitous supposition.

gratuité, n.f., gratuity, free gift.

gratuitement (-tui-tmān), adv., gratuitously; free, for nothing; groundlessly.