SCOTCH

scotch. Scotch, v.t. to cut slightly, to cut off; n. a slight cut

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Scotch (?), a. [[Cf. Scottish.]] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom. — Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zoöl.), the bufflehead; — called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman. — Scotch fiddle, the itch. Sir W. Scott. — Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. — Scotch nightingale (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler. — 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.