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.
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Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
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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.
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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.
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Scotch \Scotch\, n.
1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of
Scotland.
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2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.
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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.
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We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak.
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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.]
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Scotch \Scotch\, n.
A slight cut or incision; a score. --Walton.
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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]
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 1: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to
keep a tally) [syn: score]
2: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from
malted barley in a pot still [syn: Scotch whiskey, Scotch
whisky, malt whiskey, 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, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle,
bilk]
2: make a small cut or score into
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Scotch":
canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, economic,
economical, economizing, forehanded, frugal, labor-saving,
money-saving, parsimonious, penny-wise, provident, prudent,
prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, thrifty,
time-saving, unwasteful, wary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
255 Moby Thesaurus words for "scotch":
Vandyke, abrade, arrest, baffle, balk, bark, bearing rein,
birthmark, bit, blast, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloody,
blotch, bottle up, brake, brand, brave, break, burn, caste mark,
chafe, chain, chalk, chalk up, challenge, check, check off,
checkmark, checkmate, checkrein, chip, chock, chop, cicatrix,
cicatrize, circumvent, claw, cleft, clog, confound, confront,
contravene, counter, counteract, countercheck, countermand,
counterwork, crack, craze, crena, crenellate, crenulate, crimp,
cross, curb, curb bit, cut, dam up, damp, dampen, damper, dapple,
dash, defeat, define, defy, delay, delimit, demarcate, depression,
destroy, detain, discolor, discoloration, discomfit, disconcert,
discountenance, dish, disrupt, doorstop, dot, drag, drag sail,
drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, earmark, elude, engrave,
engraving, fetter, fleck, flick, flummox, foil, fracture, fray,
frazzle, freckle, fret, frustrate, gall, gash, graving, hack,
hatch, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, holdback, hurt,
impede, impress, imprint, incise, incision, indent, indentation,
inhibit, injure, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt,
intervene, jag, jog, joggle, jot, keep back, keep in check, kerf,
knock the chocks, knurl, lacerate, lentigo, line, machicolate,
macula, maim, make a mark, make mincemeat of, mark, mark off,
mark out, marking, martingale, maul, meddle, mill, mole, mottle,
mutilate, nevus, nick, nock, nonplus, notch, oppose, patch, pelham,
pencil, pepper, perplex, picot, pierce, pink, point, polka dot,
prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, remora, rend, repress,
resist, restrain, retard, riddle, rip, ruin, run, rupture,
sabotage, savage, scald, scallop, scar, scarification, scarify,
scorch, score, scrape, scratch, scratching, scuff, sea anchor,
seal, seam, serrate, set back, shackle, skin, slacken, slash, slit,
snaffle, snub, speck, speckle, spike, splash, splotch, spoil,
spoke, spot, sprain, stab, stain, stamp, stay, stick, stigma,
stigmatize, stonewall, stop, strain, strawberry mark, streak,
striate, stripe, stump, suppress, tattoo, tattoo mark, tear,
thwart, tick, tick off, tittle, tooth, trace, trammel, traumatize,
underline, underscore, upset, watermark, wound, wrench
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