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Scorse
(Scorse), v. t. [Written also scourse, and scoss.]
1. To barter or exchange. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To chase. [Obs.] Spenser.
Scorse
(Scorse), v. i. To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Scortatory
(Scor"ta*to*ry) a. [L. scortator a fornicator, from scortari to fornicate, scortum a prostitute.]
Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.
Scot
(Scot) n. A name for a horse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Scot
(Scot), n. [Cf. L. Skoti, pl., AS. Scotta, pl. Skottas, Sceottas.] A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a
Scotsman, or Scotchman.
Scot
(Scot), n. [Icel. skot; or OF. escot, F. écot, LL. scottum, scotum, from a kindred German word; akin
to AS. scot, and E. shot, shoot; cf. AS. sceótan to shoot, to contribute. See Shoot, and cf. Shot.] A
portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.
Scot and lot, formerly, a parish assessment laid on subjects according to their ability. [Eng.] Cowell.
Now, a phrase for obligations of every kind regarded collectivelly.
Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along. Emerson. Scotal
(Scot"al Scot"ale) , n. [Scot + ale.] (O. Eng. Law) 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.
Scotch
(Scotch) a. [Cf. Scottish.] 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, like fine rain. — Scotch nightingale (Zoöl.), the sedge
warbler. [Prov. Eng.] — Scotch pebble. See under pebble. — Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
— Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordon acanthium); — so called from its being the
national emblem of the Scotch.
Scotch
(Scotch), n.
1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.
Scotch
(Scotch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scotched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scotching.] [Cf. Prov. E. scote a
prop, and Walloon ascot a prop, ascoter to prop, F. accoter, also Armor. skoaz the shoulder, skoazia
to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W. ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Cf. Scoat.] [Written
also scoatch, scoat.] To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to
prevent its rolling or slipping.
Scotch
(Scotch), n. A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel
or a log on inclined ground.
Scotch
(Scotch), v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf. Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps
akin to E. shake.] To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
We have scotched the snake, not killed it. Shak.
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