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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.

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

hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers.

square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns.

Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.

A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.

A baker; originally, a female baker. [Old Eng. & Scotch]

A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.

A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet. [Poetic] Shak.

A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott.

A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [Sometimes spelled bole.]

An ancient Irish or Scotch judge. Brehon laws, the ancient Irish laws, -- unwritten, like the common law of England. They were abolished by statute of Edward III.

Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.