Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scotched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scotching}.] [Cf. Prov. E. scote a prop, and Walloon ascot a
   prop, ascoter to prop, F. accoter, also Armor. skoaz the
   shoulder, skoazia to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W.
   ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Cf. {Scoat}.]
   [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.
   
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Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.]
   Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
   inhabitants; Scottish.
   
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   {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] --Sir W. Scott.

   {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.
      
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Scotch \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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Scotch \Scotch\, n.
   1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of
      Scotland.
      
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   2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.
      
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Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf.
   Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E.
   shake.]
   To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
   
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         We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak.
   
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   {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}.]
      
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Scotch \Scotch\, n.
   A slight cut or incision; a score. --Walton.
   
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Scotch
     adj 1: 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'" [syn: {Scots}, {Scottish}]
     2: 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" [syn: {economical}, {frugal}, {sparing},
         {stinting}]
     n 1: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to
          keep a tally) [syn: {score}]
     2: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from
        malted barley in a pot still [syn: {Scotch whiskey}, {Scotch  whisky}, {malt whiskey}, {malt whisky}]
     v 1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
          ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's
          amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: {thwart},
           {queer}, {spoil}, {foil}, {cross}, {frustrate}, {baffle},
           {bilk}]
     2: make a small cut or score into

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Scotch":
   canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, economic,
   economical, economizing, forehanded, frugal, labor-saving,
   money-saving, parsimonious, penny-wise, provident, prudent,
   prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, thrifty,
   time-saving, unwasteful, wary

255 Moby Thesaurus words for "scotch":
   Vandyke, abrade, arrest, baffle, balk, bark, bearing rein,
   birthmark, bit, blast, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloody,
   blotch, bottle up, brake, brand, brave, break, burn, caste mark,
   chafe, chain, chalk, chalk up, challenge, check, check off,
   checkmark, checkmate, checkrein, chip, chock, chop, cicatrix,
   cicatrize, circumvent, claw, cleft, clog, confound, confront,
   contravene, counter, counteract, countercheck, countermand,
   counterwork, crack, craze, crena, crenellate, crenulate, crimp,
   cross, curb, curb bit, cut, dam up, damp, dampen, damper, dapple,
   dash, defeat, define, defy, delay, delimit, demarcate, depression,
   destroy, detain, discolor, discoloration, discomfit, disconcert,
   discountenance, dish, disrupt, doorstop, dot, drag, drag sail,
   drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, earmark, elude, engrave,
   engraving, fetter, fleck, flick, flummox, foil, fracture, fray,
   frazzle, freckle, fret, frustrate, gall, gash, graving, hack,
   hatch, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, holdback, hurt,
   impede, impress, imprint, incise, incision, indent, indentation,
   inhibit, injure, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt,
   intervene, jag, jog, joggle, jot, keep back, keep in check, kerf,
   knock the chocks, knurl, lacerate, lentigo, line, machicolate,
   macula, maim, make a mark, make mincemeat of, mark, mark off,
   mark out, marking, martingale, maul, meddle, mill, mole, mottle,
   mutilate, nevus, nick, nock, nonplus, notch, oppose, patch, pelham,
   pencil, pepper, perplex, picot, pierce, pink, point, polka dot,
   prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, remora, rend, repress,
   resist, restrain, retard, riddle, rip, ruin, run, rupture,
   sabotage, savage, scald, scallop, scar, scarification, scarify,
   scorch, score, scrape, scratch, scratching, scuff, sea anchor,
   seal, seam, serrate, set back, shackle, skin, slacken, slash, slit,
   snaffle, snub, speck, speckle, spike, splash, splotch, spoil,
   spoke, spot, sprain, stab, stain, stamp, stay, stick, stigma,
   stigmatize, stonewall, stop, strain, strawberry mark, streak,
   striate, stripe, stump, suppress, tattoo, tattoo mark, tear,
   thwart, tick, tick off, tittle, tooth, trace, trammel, traumatize,
   underline, underscore, upset, watermark, wound, wrench