shritch

English

Etymology

Variant form of scritch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɹɪt͡ʃ/

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Verb

shritch (third-person singular simple present shritches, present participle shritching, simple past and past participle shritched or shright)

1. (obsolete) To screech, scream.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     For shame, but more for feare of his grim sight,
     Downe in her lap she hid her face, and loudly shright.

Derived terms

• shritch-owl