SCOTS
\skˈɒts], \skˈɒts], \s_k_ˈɒ_t_s]\
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of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"
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the dialect of English used in Scotland
By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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