*scotch*

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 hoppers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Scottish. ] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Collectively, the people of Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

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), 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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.; pl. Scotchmen 1. A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Freemasonry) The ceremonial observed by one of the
Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite; also, the system itself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly identical with those of the York rite. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]