SCRANCH
v.t. To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [This is in vulgar use in America. ]
Scranch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scranched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scranching.]Etym: [Cf. D. schransen to eat greedily, G. schranzen. Cf. Crunch, Scrunch. ]