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Acre :: Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English..

Scotched :: Scotched (imp. & p. p.) of Scotc.

Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A slight cut or incision; a score.

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.

Trews :: Trews (n. pl.) Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders..

Covenanting :: Covenanting (a.) Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters..

Gael :: Gael (n.sing. & pl.) A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin..

Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..

Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To cut superficially; to wound; to score.

Fir :: Fir (n.) A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus..

Trig :: Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid..

Ploughgate :: Ploughgate (n.) The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.

Scoat :: Scoat (v. t.) To prop; to scotch.

Whiggamore :: Whiggamore (n.) A Whig; -- a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians.

Cameronian :: Cameronian (n.) A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II..

Ell :: Ell (n.) A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37..

Scots :: Scots (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.)..

Glenlivet :: Glenlivet (n.) A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

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