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English Dictionary: itch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for itch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
itch n a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch" Synonym(s): scabies, itch a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" Synonym(s): urge, itch an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch Synonym(s): itch, itchiness, itching v scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!" Synonym(s): rub, scratch, itch have or perceive an itch; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!" cause to perceive an itch; "his skin itched" have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" Synonym(s): itch, spoil
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. [bd]An itching palm.[b8] --Shak.
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[94]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[94]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.