scranch
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Scranch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scranched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scranching.]
[Cf. D. schransen to eat greedily, G. schranzen. Cf. Crunch, Scrunch.]
To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
