skɔtʃ adj. & n. --adj. var. of
SCOTTISH or
SCOTS. --n. 1 var. of SCOTTISH or SCOTS. 2 Scotch
whisky. øScotch
broth a
soup made from beef or
mutton with pearl
barley etc. Scotch
cap =
BONNET n. 1b. Scotch
catch Mus. a
short note on
the beat followed by a long
one. Scotch egg a hard-boiled egg enclosed in
sausage meat and fried. Scotch
fir (or pine) a pine
tree, Pinus sylvestris,
native to Europe and Asia. Scotch
kale a
variety of kale with purplish
leaves. Scotch
mist 1 a
thick drizzly mist
common in the Highlands. 2 a retort made to a
person implying
that he or
she has imagined or
failed to
understand something. Scotch
pebble agate,
jasper,
cairngorm,
etc., found in Scotland. Scotch pine = Scotch fir. Scotch
snap = Scotch catch. Scotch terrier 1 a
small terrier of a rough-haired short-legged
breed. 2
this breed. Scotch whisky whisky distilled in Scotland,
esp. from malted barley. ° Scots or Scottish is
generally preferred in Scotland,
except in the
special compounds
given above. [contr. of SCOTTISH]
