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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Itch \Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the {Sarcoptes scabei}), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact
2. Any itching eruption.
3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
{scabies}, {psora}, etc
4. A constant irritating desire.
An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
{Baker's itch}. See under {Baker}.
{Barber's itch}, sycosis.
{Bricklayer's itch}, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
{Grocer's itch}, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus
sacchari}).
{Itch insect} (Zo["o]l.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes
scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
{Itch mite}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Itch insect}, above. Also
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox
{Sugar baker's itch}, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
{Washerwoman's itch}, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Itch \Itch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Itched}; p. pr & vb n.
{Itching}.] [OE. icchen ?icchen, AS giccan akin to D.
jeuken joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]
1. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines
the person to scratch the part affected.
My mouth hath itched all this long day --Chaucer.
2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long
for as itching ears. ``An itching palm.'' --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
itch
n 1: a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite
(Sarcoptes scaboi); characterized by persistent itching
and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch"
[syn: {scabies}]
2: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" [syn: {urge}]
3: an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to
scratch [syn: {itching}]
v 1: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching [syn: {rub}, {scratch}]
2: have or perceive an itch
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman.
J
J is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel --
than which nothing could be more absurd. Its original form which has
been but slightly modified, was that of the tail of a subdued dog, and
it was not a letter but a character, standing for a Latin verb
_jacere_, "to throw," because when a stone is thrown at a dog the
dog's tail assumes that shape. This is the origin of the letter, as
expounded by the renowned Dr Jocolpus Bumer, of the University of
Belgrade, who established his conclusions on the subject in a work of
three quarto volumes and committed suicide on being reminded that the
j in the Roman alphabet had originally no curl.
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