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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.
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