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Quotation dates: 1704
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CRATCH, v. To plaster or point with lime. Vbl.n. cratching.Edb. 1704 Burgh Rec. Edb. (1967) 75:
The raile upon the east syde neids severall batts and cratching.
[Phs. an altered form of Clatch, poss. influenced by pan-cratch s.v. Pan, n.1, 1. (6).]
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