scratch-race

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• Scratch

  ·vt To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. II. Scratch ·noun A kind of wig covering only a portion ...

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• scratch

  Old Scratch; the Devil: probably from the long and sharp claws with which he is frequently delineate...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scratch

  1) No great scratch. A vulgar, though common phrase, implying not worth much--no great shakes. Ther...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Race

  ·noun Company; herd; breed. II. Race ·vt To run a race with. III. Race ·noun A <<Root>>. IV. Race...

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• race

  A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such current; as a mill-race.--Web...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• race

  rennet, or renning. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• race

  Strong currents producing overfalls, dangerous to small craft. They may be produced by narrow channe...

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• Race

  [Games] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Scratch coat

  ·- The first coat in plastering; — called also scratchwork. ·see Pricking-up. ...

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• Scratch player

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Scratch runner. ...

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• Scratch runner

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

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• scratch land

  Scotland. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scratch platter

  or TAYLOR'S RAGOUT Bread sopt in the oil and vinegar in which cucumbers have been sliced. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Brown race

  ·add. ·- The Malay or Polynesian race; — loosely so called. ...

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• Consolation race

  ·add. ·- A game, match, ·etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests. ...

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• Produce race

  ·add. ·- A race to be run by the produce of horses named or described at the time of entry. ...

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• Race suicide

  ·add. ·- The voluntary failure of the members of a race or people to have a number of children suffi...

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• Torch race

  ·add. ·- A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece. ...

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• tail-race

  The water course leading from a mill after it has passed the water-wheel. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• race, to

  Applies to marking timber with the race-tool. ...

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• race-horse

  (Alca?) A duck of the South Seas; thus named, says Cook, for "the great swiftness with which they ru...

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• tail-race

  The water which leaves the paddles of a steam-boat. Also, the water-course of a mill beyond the wate...

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