n. [ from the fashionable clothjing worn at the
n. [ F. biscotin. See Biscuit. ] A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. ] See Scot, a tax. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also
n. A name for a horse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. L. Skoti, pl., AS. Scotta, pl. Skottas, Sceottas. ] A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. skot; or OF. escot, F. écot, LL. scottum, scotum, from a kindred German word; akin to AS. scot, and E. shot, shoot; cf. AS. sceótan to shoot, to contribute. See Shoot, and cf. Shot. ] A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scot and lot,
a. [ Cf. Scottish. ] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scotch broom (Bot.),
Scotch dipper,
Scotch duck
Scotch fiddle,
Scotch mist,
Scotch nightingale (Zool.),
Scotch pebble.
Scotch pine (Bot.)
Scotch thistle (Bot.),
n.
v. t.
n. A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping;
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have scotched the snake, not killed it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scotched collops (Cookery),
n. A slight cut or incision; a score. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Hopscotch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Masonry) Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
. (Freemasonry) The ceremonial observed by one of the
Masonic systems, called in full the
. (Zool.) One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
☞ The European scoters are
a. Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To clothe or cover up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr.
n. [ L. ] Scotland [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns
n. [ Gr.
‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) Scotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. scotomia, from Gr. &unr_; dizziness, fr. &unr_; to darken, fr.
n. [ Gr.
a. [ For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish. ] Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish;
n. See Scotchman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen. [ 1913 Webster ]
That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a. ] Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language;
. (Zool.) Same as
n. [ OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot, shoot). ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]
Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.