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Scotch :: Scotch (n.) Collectively, the people of Scotland..

Bluecap :: Bluecap (n.) A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet.

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

Caddie :: Caddie (n.) A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger..

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..

Reel :: Reel (n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel..

Scotticism :: Scotticism (n.) An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen..

Merk :: Merk (n.) An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc.

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

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

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

Scotch :: Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.

Brehon :: Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.

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..

Hoddengray :: Hoddengray (a.) Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants..

Sandemanian :: Sandemanian (n.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite..

Haggis :: Haggis (n.) A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck..

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

Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) 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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