Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scatches"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scatches \Scatch"es\, n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. ['e]chasses, fr.
D. schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate. See {Skate}, for the
foot.]
Stilts. [Prov. Eng.]
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