SCR'ANCH, verb transitive To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [This is in vulgar use in America.]
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
SCR'ANCH, verb transitive To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [This is in vulgar use in America.]
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