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cratch       [krach] Pronunciation Key
–noun Archaic.
a crib for fodder; manger.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME cracche < dial. OF crache, var. of creche crèche]
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Cratch

Cratch\ (kr?ch; 224), n. [OE. cracche, crecche, F. cr[`e]che crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea, G. krippe crib. See Crib.] A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.]

Begin from first where He encradled was, In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. --Spenser.

Cratch cradle, a representation of the figure of the cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle; -- called also scratch cradle.

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