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A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.

If. [Scotch] Jamieson.

A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.

A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. W. E. Aytoun.

A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [Scot.]

A game. See Hopscotch. Johnson.

A block for scotching a wheel. Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub. -- Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]

A light, brisk musical movement. Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jib. Shak.

weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.

A puff of smoke. [Scotch.] Burns.

A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.

An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc. [Scot.]

watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

hich affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine. -- Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous] -- Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Bauhinia variegata) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood.…

[R.] Milton. Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. Raymond.

called by opticians. Pebble powder, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. -- Scotch pebble, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.

Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.

A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.