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<blockquote>My mouth hath <b>itched</b> all this long day. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; <as>as, <ex>itching</ex> ears</as>.</def> "An <i>itching</i> palm."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Itch</h1> <Xpage=793>

<hw>Itch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the <spn>Sarcoptes scabei</spn>), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any itching eruption.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also <altname>scabies</altname>, <altname>psora</altname>, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A constant irritating desire.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>itch</b> of being thought a divine king. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Baker's itch</col>. <cd>See under <er>Baker</er>.</cd> -- <col>Barber's itch</col>, <cd>sycosis.</cd> -- <col>Bricklayer's itch</col>, <cd>an eczema of the hands attended with much itching, occurring among bricklayers.</cd> -- <col>Grocer's itch</col>, <cd>an itching eruption, being a variety of eczema, produced by the sugar mite (<spn>Tyrogluphus sacchari</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Itch insect</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small parasitic mite (<spn>Sarcoptes scabei</spn>) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch. See <i>Illust<i>. in Append.</cd> -- <col>Itch mite</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>Same as <cref>Itch insect</cref>, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox.</cd> -- <col>Sugar baker's itch</col>, <cd>a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin.</cd> -- <col>Washerwoman's itch</col>, <cd>eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.</cd></cs>

<h1>Itchiness</h1> <Xpage=793>

<hw>Itch"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being itchy.</def>

<h1>Itchless</h1> <Xpage=793>

<hw>Itch"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from itching.</def>

<h1>Itchy</h1> <Xpage=793>

<hw>Itch"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>-ite</h1> <Xpage=793>

<hw>-ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A suffix denoting <i>one of a party</i>, a <i>sympathizer with</i> or <i>adherent of</i>, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; <as>as, a Miller<ex>ite</ex>; a Bentham<ex>ite</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A suffix used in naming minerals; <as>as, chlor<ex>ite</ex>, from its characteristic green color; bar<ex>ite</ex>, from its heaviness; graph<ex>ite</ex>, from its use in writing.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in <i>-ous</i>; <as>as, sulph<ex>ite</ex>, from sulphur<ex>ous</ex>; nitr<ex>ite</ex>, from nitr<ex>ous</ex> acid, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Item</h1> <Xpage=793>

<hw>I"tem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>See</ets> <er>Iterate</er>.]</ety> <def>Also; as an additional article.</def>

<h1>Item</h1> <Xpage=793>

<hw>I"tem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Item</er>, <ets>adv</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An article; a separate particular in an account; <as>as, the <ex>items</ex> in a bill</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A hint; an innuendo.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>