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SCOTCH, v.t.
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants;
Scottish.
Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom. -- Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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. The
dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of
Scotland.
Collectively, the people of
Scotland.
To shoulder up] to prop or block with a wedge,
chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.
A chock, wedge, prop, or
other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or
a log on inclined ground.
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.] A slight cut or
incision; a score.
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