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Scatch vs Scath - What's the difference?

scatch | scath |

As nouns the difference between scatch and scath

is that scatch is a kind of bit for the bridle of a horse while scath is harm or injury (see (l)).

As a verb scath is

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scatch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse.
    • (Bailey)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A stilt.
    • (Webster 1913)

    scath

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

  • Harm or injury (see (l)).
  • * Shakespeare
    • Wherein Rome hath done you any scath , / Let him make treble satisfaction.
  • * Spenser
    • Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, / Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath .
  • * Lydia H. Sigourney
    • Scath and loss / That man can ne'er repair.
  • * Mary Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam
    • He buried in his heart all sense of scath .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * Shakespeare
    • This trick may chance to scath you.