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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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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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