Scrat

[From scratch, q. v.] To scratch. [Obs.] Burton.

To rake; to search. [Obs.]

[A-S. scritta, an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut, a scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old, shriveled person.] An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] Skinner.