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Webster 1913 Edition
Scotch
Scotch
,Adj.
[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
(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.Scotch
,Noun.
1.
The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
2.
Collectively, the people of Scotland.
Scotch
,Verb.
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.
Scotch
,Noun.
A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping;
as, a
. scotch
for a wheel or a log on inclined groundScotch
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
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
.]Scotch
,Noun.
A slight cut or incision; a score.
Walton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scotch
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.