ratch

Same as rash.

To stretch or pull asunder.

To spot or streak.

Nautical, to make a stretch or varying stretches in sailing; sail by the wind or by tacks; stand off and on.

A subsoil of stone and gravel mixed with clay.

To cut; to hack; to notch.

In a machine, a bar having angular teeth, into which a pawl drops, to prevent the machine from being reversed in motion. A circular ratch is a ratchet-wheel.

In clockwork, a sort of wheel having fangs, which serve to lift the detents and thereby cause the clock to strike.

A straight line.

A white mark on the face of a horse.