SCOTCH
\skˈɒt͡ʃ], \skˈɒtʃ], \s_k_ˈɒ_tʃ]\
Definitions of SCOTCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; (`scotch' is used only informally)
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a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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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'"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Collectively, the people of Scotland.
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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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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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To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
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A slight cut or incision; a score.
By Oddity Software
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Collectively, the people of Scotland.
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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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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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To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
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A slight cut or incision; a score.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to Scotland, its inhabitants, or its language; Scottish.
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The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland; the people of Scotland; used as a plural.
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A slight cut or incision; a notch.
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To cut or wound slightly; as, to scotch, but not kill, a snake.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cut or wound slightly.
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Scottish.
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To dress, as stone, with a pick.
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A superficial cut; scratch.
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The people of Scotland; used as a plural.
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One of the languages spoken by Scots.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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