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v. To scratch.

n. A grated crib or manger.

n. The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.

n. A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack.

To scratch.

n. A grated crib or manger.

n. A rack or open framework.

n. In astronomy, the star-cluster known as Præsepe (the Manger) in the constellation Cancer.

"And this fits with the analogy of the "cratch" which does not disappear merely because the Blessed Mother put our Lord in it."

crib    rack