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A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.

Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott. Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang.

The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.

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. [Low] Sir W. Scott. -- Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, l…

eremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite; also, the system itself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly identical with those of the York rite.

One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair.

Hopscotch.

Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.

A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.

To clothe or cover up. [Obs.]

Scotland [Poetic] O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! Burns.

A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.

An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing. Maunder.

Scotomy.

Dizziness with dimness of sight. [Obs.] Massinger.

An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light. [Obs.] Pepys.

Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).

See Scotchman.

The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. [Prov. Eng.]