Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cratch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cratch \Cratch\ (kr?ch; 224), n. [OE. cracche, crecche, F.
cr[`e]che crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea, G. krippe
crib. See {Crib}.]
A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.]
Begin from first where He encradled was, In simple
cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. --Spenser.
{Cratch cradle}, a representation of the figure of the
cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle;
-- called also {scratch cradle}.
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