Definition of "scritch" []

• A screech (noun)
• To screech. (verb)
• To scratch an itch. (verb)

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• "So I dragged my heel from the water's edge over the sand-bar to the beach, making a thin scritch of a line."
• "Amid the drowning hum in my ears I can hear the scritch of metal on wood."
• "Toby and I looked at each other, the house around us silent except for the gentle scritch of Father sawing downstairs in his workshop."