SCRATCHY
Scratch"y, a.
Defn: Characterized by scratches.
SCRAW Scraw, n. Etym: [Ir. scrath a turf, sgraith a turf, green sod; akin to Gael. sgrath, sgroth, the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod.]
Defn: A turf. [Obs.] Swift.
SCRAWL
Scrawl, v. i.
Defn: See Crawl. [Obs.] Latimer.
SCRAWL
Scrawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrawling.]
Etym: [Probably corrupted from scrabble.]
Defn: To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter. His name, scrawled by himself. Macaulay.
SCRAWL
Scrawl, v. i.
Defn: To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
Though with a golden pen you scrawl. Swift.