scotch : Idioms & Phrases

But"ter-scotch` noun

Definitions

1. A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Colloq. Dickens.

Webster 1913

• noun a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club soda
  

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• noun false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
  Tofieldia pusilla.
  

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• noun deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
  green broom; common broom; Cytisus scoparius.
  

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• (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.

Webster 1913

• noun a thick soup made from beef or mutton with vegetables and pearl barley
  

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• (Zoöl.), the bufflehead; called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.

Webster 1913

• noun hard-cooked egg encased in sausage meat then breaded and deep-fried
  

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• the itch. Low Sir W. Scott.

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• noun medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
  Scots pine; Scotch fir; Pinus sylvestris.
  

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• noun bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
  sweet gale; Myrica gale.
  

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• noun butterscotch candy kiss
  

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• noun an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum
  Alpine golden chain; Laburnum alpinum.
  

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• noun whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
  Scotch malt whisky; Scotch malt whiskey; malt whiskey; malt whisky; Scotch; Scotch whiskey.
  

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• noun whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
  Scotch malt whisky; Scotch malt whiskey; malt whiskey; malt whisky; Scotch; Scotch whiskey.
  

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• noun the common European annual marigold
  common marigold; pot marigold; Calendula officinalis; ruddles.
  

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• a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913

• noun a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
  drop scone; griddlecake.
  

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• . See under pebble.

Webster 1913

• noun medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
  Scots pine; Scotch fir; Pinus sylvestris.
  

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• (Bot.) See Riga fir.

Webster 1913

• noun transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending
  Sellotape; cellulose tape.
  
• verb fasten or attach with sellotape
  sellotape.
  
  • The hotel manager scotch taped a note to the guest's door

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• noun old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
  Scottie; Scottish terrier.
  

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• noun biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
  woolly thistle; Onopordon acanthium; cotton thistle; Onopordum acanthium.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordon acanthium); so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch.

Webster 1913

• noun whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
  Scotch malt whisky; Scotch malt whiskey; malt whiskey; malt whisky; Scotch; Scotch whiskey.
  

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• noun whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
  Scotch malt whisky; Scotch malt whiskey; malt whiskey; malt whisky; Scotch; Scotch whiskey.
  

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• noun creamy scrambled eggs on toast spread with anchovy paste
  

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Scotch"-hop`per noun

Definitions

1. Hopscotch.

Webster 1913

• (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.

Webster 1913