7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
We have scotched the snake, not killed it --Shak.
{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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
{Scotch broom} (Bot.), the {Cytisus scoparius}. See {Broom}.
{Scotch dipper}, or {Scotch duck} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scotch \Scotch\, n.
1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of
Scotland.
2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scotch \Scotch\, n.
A slight cut or incision; a score. --Walton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}, {sparing},
{stinting}]
n : whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from
malted barley in a pot still [syn: {Scotch}, {Scotch
whiskey}, {Scotch whisky}, {malt whiskey}, {malt whisky}]
v : to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of:
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's
amazing September surge." [syn: {thwart}, {queer}, {spoil},
{foil}, {cross}, {frustrate}, {baffle}, {bilk}]
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