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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCOTCH, v.t.
To support, as a wheel, by placing some obstacle to prevent its rolling. Our wagoners and cartmen scot the wheels of their wagons and carts, when in ascending a hill they stop to give their team rest, or for other purpose. In Connecticut, I have generally heard this word pronounced scot, in Massachusetts, scotch.
SCOT, n. [This is the English shot, in the phrase, he paid his shot; and scot, in scot and lot.]
In law and English history, a portion of money, assessed or paid; a customary tax or contribution laid on subjects according to their ability; also, a tax or custom paid for the use of a sheriff or bailiff. Hence our modern shot; as, to pay one's shot.
Scot and lot, parish payments. When persons were taxed unequally, they were said to pay scot and lot.
SCOT, n. [Eng. shade, which see.] A native of Scotland or North Britain.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: contraction of Scottish Date: 1591 1. Scottish 2. inclined to frugality II. noun Date: circa 1700 1. Scots 2. plural in construction the people of Scotland 3. often not capitalized whiskey distilled in Scotland especially from malted barley — called also Scotch whisky III. trademark — used for adhesive tape

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English scocchen to gash, from Anglo-French escocher, eschocher to pierce Date: 15th century 1. archaic cut, gash, score; also wound <we have scotched the snake, not killed it — Shakespeare> 2. to put an end to <scotched rumors of a military takeover> II. noun Date: 15th century a superficial cut ; score III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1639 a chock to prevent rolling or slipping IV. transitive verb Date: 1642 1. to block with a chock 2. hinder, thwart

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. var. of SCOTTISH or SCOTS. --n. 1 var. of SCOTTISH or SCOTS. 2 Scotch whisky. Phrases and idioms: Scotch broth a soup made from beef or mutton with pearl barley etc. Scotch cap = BONNET n. 1b. Scotch catch Mus. a short note on the beat followed by a long one. Scotch egg a hard-boiled egg enclosed in sausage meat and fried. Scotch fir (or pine) a pine tree, Pinus sylvestris, native to Europe and Asia. Scotch kale a variety of kale with purplish leaves. Scotch mist 1 a thick drizzly mist common in the Highlands. 2 a retort made to a person implying that he or she has imagined or failed to understand something. Scotch pebble agate, jasper, cairngorm, etc., found in Scotland. Scotch pine = Scotch fir. Scotch snap = Scotch catch. Scotch terrier 1 a small terrier of a rough-haired short-legged breed. 2 this breed. Scotch whisky whisky distilled in Scotland, esp. from malted barley. Usage: Scots or Scottish is generally preferred in Scotland, except in the special compounds given above. Etymology: contr. of SCOTTISH

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 put an end to; frustrate (injury scotched his attempt). 2 archaic a wound without killing; slightly disable. b make incisions in; score. --n. 1 archaic a slash. 2 a line on the ground for hopscotch. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. 2. n. & v. --n. a wedge or block placed against a wheel etc. to prevent its slipping. --v.tr. hold back (a wheel, barrel, etc.) with a scotch. Etymology: 17th c.: perh. = scatch stilt f. OF escache

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scotch Scotch, n. 1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. 2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scotch Scotch, n. A slight cut or incision; a score. --Walton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scotches, scotching, scotched) If you scotch a rumour, plan, or idea, you put an end to it before it can develop any further. They have scotched rumours that they are planning a special London show. VERB: V n

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Scotches) 1. Scotch or Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. ...a bottle of Scotch. = whisky N-MASS • A Scotch is a glass of Scotch. He poured himself a Scotch. N-COUNT 2. Scotch means the same as Scottish. This use is considered incorrect by many people. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Cut (slightly), wound (superficially), score, notch, scot, jag. 2. Stop (as a wheel, to prevent it from rolling back), block, prop, support. II. a. Scottish. III. n. Incision, cut, slit.

Moby Thesaurus

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Moby Thesaurus

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