scotch

Definitions

1. 1.The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
2. 2.Collectively, the people of Scotland.
3. 3.To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.
4. 4.A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.
5. 5.To cut superficially; to wound; to score. We have scotched the snake, not killed it. Shak. 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.]
6. 6.A slight cut or incision; a score. Walton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland called?
• What is to shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping called?
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• What is a slight cut or incision; a score. Walton called?