noun
(dialect, UK and US) The act or sound of scratching or scraping.
(dialect, UK and US) A cringe.
(fishing) A type of dragnet with a bag in the center and a very fine mesh.
verb
(dialect, UK and US, intransitive) To cringe or shrink.
(dialect, UK and US, intransitive) To scrape.
(fishing) To fish using a scringe.