Bluecoats began crossing the James on June 14 and next day two corps approached Petersburg, which was held by Beauregard with a scratch force of 2,500.
A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark
1) A descriptive term meaning "temporary" 2) A scratch vocal is a vocal done during a basic recording session to help the musicians play their parts At a later date the final vocal track is overdubbed 3) The action of a musician or disc jockey quickly moving a record back and forth with a phono cartridge reproducing the stylus motion to create a rhythm pattern of sound
To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc
A foul in pool, where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table (some versions, in order to avoid scratching, require the cue ball to touch a rail after contacting another ball)
If you only scratch the surface of a subject or problem, you find out or do a small amount, but not enough to understand or solve it. Officials say they've only scratched the surface of the drug problem We had only two weeks to tour Malaysia, which was hardly enough time to scratch the surface
{f} scrape, rub; make a small cut or laceration; scrape with the fingernails to relieve an itch; make a grating sound; scribble, scrawl; achieve or obtain with difficulty; delete, cross out