From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf.
Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E.
shake.]
To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
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We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak.
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{Scotched collops} (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef
or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with
onion and other condiments; -- called also {Scotch
collops}. [Written also {scotcht collops}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
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{Scotch broom} (Bot.), the {Cytisus scoparius}. See {Broom}.
{Scotch dipper}, or {Scotch duck} (Zool.), the bufflehead; --
called also {Scotch teal}, and {Scotchman}.
{Scotch fiddle}, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott.
{Scotch mist}, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
{Scotch nightingale} (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
{Scotch pebble}. See under {pebble}.
{Scotch pine} (Bot.) See {Riga fir}.
{Scotch thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon
acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national
emblem of the Scotch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scotch \Scotch\, n.
1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of
Scotland.
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2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scotched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scotching}.] [Cf. Prov. E. scote a prop, and Walloon ascot a
prop, ascoter to prop, F. accoter, also Armor. skoaz the
shoulder, skoazia to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W.
ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Cf. {Scoat}.]
[Written also {scoatch}, {scoat}.]
To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc.,
as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scotch \Scotch\, n.
A slight cut or incision; a score. --Walton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scotch \Scotch\, n.
A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping;
as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scotch
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its
people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic
language; "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'" [syn: {Scots},
{Scottish}, {Scotch}]
2: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical
shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing
father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and
light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they
remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only
informally" [syn: {economical}, {frugal}, {scotch},
{sparing}, {stinting}]
n 1: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to
keep a tally) [syn: {score}, {scotch}]
2: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from
malted barley in a pot still [syn: {Scotch}, {Scotch
whiskey}, {Scotch whisky}, {malt whiskey}, {malt whisky},
{Scotch malt whiskey}, {Scotch malt whisky}]
v 1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's
amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn:
{thwart}, {queer}, {spoil}, {scotch}, {foil}, {cross},
{frustrate}, {baffle}, {bilk}]
2: make a small cut or score into
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