(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language, Syn. Scottish, Scotch, Example:Scots Gaelic; the Scots community in New York; `Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'; `Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'
a. [ For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish. ] Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.). [ 1913 Webster ]