bescratch

English

Etymology

From Middle English bescratchen, equivalent to be- +‎ scratch.

Verb

bescratch (third-person singular simple present bescratches, present participle bescratching, simple past and past participle bescratched)

1. (transitive) To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.
   • 2009, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews and Shamela - Page 203:

     I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally.