What does scatch mean?
Scatch means (obsolete) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse..
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(obsolete) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse..
and thus, having brought your horse to a Post set up for that purpose, and one to assist you with a Rein fastened to the rings of a half Cannon Bit or a Scatch, you having mounted his back, let your assistant hold him to the post with his head facing it,
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Scatch means (obsolete) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse..
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and thus, having brought your horse to a Post set up for that purpose, and one to assist you with a Rein fastened to the rings of a half Cannon Bit or a Scatch, you having mounted his back, let your assistant hold him to the post with his head facing it,
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