Scotch adj. Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. 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)
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.
