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noun Scotch n. 1.The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. 2.Collectively, the people of Scotland.
Scotch n. A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.
Scotch n. A slight cut or incision; a score.
adjective 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.
verb Scotch v. t. (past & past part. scotched; pres. part. scotching) (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.
Scotch v. t. To cut superficially; to wound; to score. "We have scotched the snake, not killed it." 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)
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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