Hypertext Webster Gateway: "itching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Itch \Itch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Itched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Itching}.] [OE. icchen, ?icchen, AS. giccan; akin to D.
jeuken, joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]
1. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines
the person to scratch the part affected.
My mouth hath itched all this long day. --Chaucer.
2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long
for; as, itching ears. ``An itching palm.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
itching
n : an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to
scratch [syn: {itch}, {itchiness}]
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