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2 definitions found 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]: itching n : an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch [syn: {itch}]
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