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scotch

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scotch
a line marked down, as for hopscotch
Scotch1
1. another word for Scottish
2. the Scots or their language
Scotch2
1. whisky distilled esp from fermented malted barley and made in Scotland
2. Northeast English a type of relatively mild beer
scotch [skäch]
(design engineering)
scutch
(engineering)
A wooden stopblock or iron catch placed under a wheel or other curved object to prevent slipping or rolling.
scutch, scotch
A bricklayer’s tool, with a cutting edge on each side, for cutting, trimming, and dressing brick or stone.
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My father had a strong prejudice against the Scotch nation.
The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Reason as I might, and plead as I might, he still persisted in referring me to the Scotch Verdict.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
But it is not with the Scotch as it is with the English, to whom that fluid flesh which is called blood is a paramount necessity; the Scotch, a poor and sober race, live upon a little barley crushed between two stones, diluted with the water of the fountain, and cooked upon another stone, heated.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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