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Definition of itch : 1. A constant irritating desire.
2. A sensation in the skin occasioned ( or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; - called also scabies, psora, etc.
3. 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.
4. Any itching eruption.
5. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
6. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

Synonyms:

flub, cosset, itchiness, appetite, scabies, tickle, yen, sex, bobble, crawling, bilk, cancel, vitiate, pamper, corrupt, coddle, blow, lustfulness, indulge, bollocks, fluff, foul up, expunge, come up, impulse, scrape up, prurience, botch, eroticism, erotism, spoil, scrape, fret, frustrate, chafe, muck up, botch up, rape, louse up, impair, bodge, concupiscence, pruriency, hankering, fumble, bumble, deflower, bungle, libidinousness, scratch, itching, scrub, foil, rub, amativeness, violate, cocker, call off, plunder, engrave, screw up, irritation, thwart, baby, mollycoddle, fray, mishandle, grave, scratch up, featherbed, scotch, strike, appetence, mess up, appetency, baffle, muff, excise, mar, inscribe, bollocks up, rawness, despoil, cross, bollix up, bollix, ball up, go bad

hope, urge, eagerness, pine, fondness, need, ardency, yearning, desire, yearn, acquisitiveness, lust, covetousness, craving, want, fancy, hunger, welcome, thirst, crave, longing, expect, passion, amorousness, greed, expectation, grasp, hanker, covet, wish, long

Usage examples:

• It is likewise excellent for dispelling any obstinate itching of the skin, in which respect it was singularly beneficial against the contagious army- itch which prevailed during the last American war. - "Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure", William Thomas Fernie.
• In order to show the way in which the different families marry into one another I will now trace up the descendants of some of the male children of Nar- doo- itch by each of his wives. - "Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2)", George Grey.
• On looking very closely- more closely indeed than most persons are wont to do- this appearance will be seen to be produced by innumerable small pimples, smaller than pins' heads, and which itch violently. - "The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases", Charles West, M.D..