scotch
scotch1 definition
scotch (skäc̸h)
transitive verb
- to cut; scratch; score; notch
Etymology: < Theobald's emendation of scorch in Shakespeare's Macbeth, III, ii, 13
to wound without killing; maim- to put an end to; stifle; stamp out to scotch a rumor
Etymology: ME scocchen, prob. < Anglo-Fr escocher < OFr coche, a notch, nick < VL *cocca, knob at the end of a spindle (later, groove below this knob) < L coccum, berry < Gr kokkos
noun
a cut or scratch
scotch2 definition
scotch (skäc̸h)
transitive verb
to block (a wheel, log, etc.) with a wedge, block, etc. to prevent movement
Etymology: earlier scatch < ? OFr escachier, to crush < es- (L ex) + VL *coacticare: see cache
noun
such a block, wedge, etc. used to prevent rolling, slipping, etc.
Scotch definition
Scotch (skäc̸h)
noun
- Scottish
- whiskey, often having a smoky flavor, distilled in Scotland from malted barleyin full Scotch whisky
Scotch Idioms
the Scotch
the Scottish people
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