'Baker's itch' definitions:
Definition of 'Baker's itch'
From: GCIDE
- Itch \Itch\, n.
- 1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any itching eruption. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A constant irritating desire. [1913 Webster]
- An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Baker's itch. See under Baker.
- Barber's itch, sycosis.
- Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
- Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus sacchari}).
- Itch insect (Zool.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in Append.
- Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox.
- Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin.
- Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Baker's itch'
From: GCIDE
- Baker \Bak"er\, n. [AS. b[ae]cere. See Bake, v. t.]
- 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- A baker's dozen, thirteen.
- Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
- Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast.
- Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread. [1913 Webster]