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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?ch; 224)

Noun.

[OE.

cracche

crecche

, F.

crèche

crib, manger, fr. OHG.

krippa

krippea

, G.

krippe

crib. See

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

Noun.

A rack; a grated crib or manger. [I believe not used in New England.]

. [See Scratch.]