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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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