Definition of scotch

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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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Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..
Ecossaise :: Ecossaise (n.) A dancing tune in the Scotch style.
Riga Fir :: Riga fir () A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red / yellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia..
Mac :: Mac () A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son..
Trig :: Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid..
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.
Merk :: Merk (n.) An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc.
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..
Scotsman :: Scotsman (n.) See Scotchman.
Slug-horn :: Slug-horn (a.) An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan..
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..
Mist :: Mist (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist..
Scotch-hopper :: Scotch-hopper (n.) Hopscotch.
Scot :: Scot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman..
Trig :: Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid..
Hoddengray :: Hoddengray (a.) Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants..
Scotching :: Scotching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scotc.
Ploughgate :: Ploughgate (n.) The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.
Glenlivet :: Glenlivet (n.) A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made..
Scoat :: Scoat (v. t.) To prop; to scotch.
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