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Itch (ĭch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Itched (ĭcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Itching.] [OE. icchen, ȝicchen, AS. giccan; akin to D. jeuken, joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]
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1. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
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My mouth hath itched all this long day. Chaucer.
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2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, “itching ears”. “An itching palm.” Shak.
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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.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. Dryden.
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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 (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) 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.
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