Scotsadj.n.

Brit.

/skɒts/, U.S.

/skɑts/, Scottish English

/skɔts/

Forms:

α. Middle English Scottis, Middle English Scottys, Middle English Skotis, Middle English Skottis, Middle English–1600s Scottes, 1500s Scotes, 1500s Skottes; Scottish pre-1700 Schotes, pre-1700 Schottes, pre-1700 Schoyttis, pre-1700 Scoitis, pre-1700 Scoittis, pre-1700 Scotes, pre-1700 Scotise, pre-1700 Scottes, pre-1700 Scottise, pre-1700 Scottys, pre-1700 Skotis, pre-1700 Skottes, pre-1700 Skottis, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– Scottis, pre-1700 1700s–1800s Scotis.

β. 1500s–1700s Scotts, 1600s– Scots; Scottish pre-1700 Scoats, pre-1700 Scotts, pre-1700 Skots, pre-1700 Skotts, pre-1700 1700s– Scots.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Scottish adj.

Etymology: Apparently originally a northern and Scots variant of Scottish adj. (although the earliest evidence comes from a London document); in β. forms with contraction of the suffix (compare Scotch adj.); see discussion at -ish suffix¹. Compare forms at English adj. With sense A. 2 compare Erse adj.In early use sometimes difficult to distinguish from the genitive of Scot n.¹ For discussion of usage of Scots , Scottish , and Scotch see note at Scotch adj.

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern) in early use.

A. adj.

a. Of, from, or belonging to Scotland or its inhabitants; = Scottish adj. 2.

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ScottisheOE

Scots1346

Scotch1407

Albanian1565

Scotian1607

Caledonian1656

Albanic1789

tartan1954

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective]

ScottisheOE

Scots1346

Scotical1548

Scotch1609

North British1712

1346 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 234 [For the] dyker [of] Scottes stagges, [half a mark]; [the] dyker [of] Yrysshe, [half a mark].

a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 4 (MED) Many a Skottis brid With dole er dight þat þai most dwell.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xiii. 208 Ye Scottis archeris alsua Schot amang yaim sa deliuerly Engrewand yaim sa gretumly.

a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 2 The Scottes host.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 82 Fair gem of ioy, Margreit, of the I meyne: Gladethe, thoue queyne of Scottis regioun.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 103 This buik I dedicaite, Writing in the language of Scottis natioun.

?c1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 3 (heading) Ane most Godlie, mirrie and lustie Rapsodie maide be sundrie learned Scots poets and written be George Bannatyne.

?1572 R. Sempill Premonitioun Barnis of Leith (single sheet) Nane of Scottis blude: In Scotland dar him self auow, Mair nor in Iurie dois the Iow.

1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 23 The other Scots Officers of the Regiment.

1705 (title) A pill for pork eaters, or A Scots lancet for an English swelling.

1797 C. Burney Let. to F. Burney 28 Sept. A Scots lady.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xvii. 696 The union closes the story of the Scots constitution.

1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxii. 105 The old panic-cry about a Scots invasion.

1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold ii. 125 He thought Scots games inferior to southern sports.

1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess xviii. 145 He'd gone North as a boy and seen all the Scots lords with their fine young King at their head mown down like hay on Flodden Field.

2003 Hist. Scotl. Jan. 28/3 Scots lutar Rob MacKillops recently completed a CD of his work and believes he was the finest songwriter of his day in Scotland.

b. Designating currency or monetary units formerly used in Scotland. Opposed to sterling. Now historical.Frequently (chiefly as a postmodifier) in the names of certain coins, as mark Scots (see mark n.² 2b), penny Scots (see penny n. 1b), shilling Scots (see shilling n. 1b). See also pound Scots at pound n.¹ 2c.Officially abolished by the 1707 Act of Union, Scots money continued in use for a period afterwards as unit of account.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [adjective] > Scottish

Scots1520

Scotch1638

1426 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1426/17 The quhilk wey xv leill Troyce pundis. Ande the stane be dividit in xvj lele Scottis pund.

1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 79 In demyis and Scottis crovnis.

1520 Charges conc. Dk. Albany in G. Douglas Wks. (1874) I. Introd. 109 Fourty thousand pund of Scottis money.

1558 in W. Campbell Hist. Incorporation Cordiners in Glasgow (1883) 249 Euyrry maister of the said craft sall pay oueklie to the reparatioune of the said alter ane penny scottis [etc.].

1645 in C. S. Terry Army of Covenant (1917) I. 163 2 merks Scotts the Scotts pynt.

1697 in A. I. Ritchie Churches St. Baldred (1880) 39 Whoever shall desire the great bell to be rung to any burial, must pay for the same ten shillings Scots.

1759 London Evening Post 7 Aug. They are mostly Scots Coin; some of them coined in the Reign of Queen Mary during her Marriage with Lord Darnley.

1765 in E. Henderson Ann. Dunfermline (1879) 482 The Town Treasurer Accompts shall be drawn out and booked in Sterline or English money, and not in Scots money, as has been the bygone practice.

1775 Brit. Chronol. ann. 1719 II. 51/2 An act for laying a duty of two pennies Scots..upon every pint of ale or beer that shall be vended or sold within the town of Inverness.

1777 J. Tytler Salmon's New Universal Geogr. Gram. 476 By degrees a Scots shilling fell to the value of one twelfth of an English shilling.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. at Schools The salaries of the schoolmasters were to be fixed at from 300 to 400 merks Scots.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Sterling money is twelve times the value of the same denomination of Scots money.

1883 American 6 270 A legacy by word of mouth is good to the extent of £100 Scots, or £8 6s. 8d. sterling.

1934 Econ. Hist. Rev. 4 467 Among other innovations, the Earl commuted the bondage work prestable from his tenants for the moderate sum of £17 9s. 10d., Scots.

2004 R. Britnell Brit. & Ireland 1050–1530 xxii. 455 By 1470 the Scots penny contained only 3½ grains of silver and was mostly made of copper.

c. Designating weights and measures formerly used in Scotland. Now historical. See also Compounds 2, and cf. Scotch adj. 1c.The units of the Scottish system were standardized from 1661 onwards, although local variation still remained after this date. An Act of Parliament in 1824 imposed the English equivalents of these units.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > serving as a unit of measurement > standard (of units) > specific standard

Scots1632

Scotch1638

Rhineland1646

metrical1797

imperial1814

international1857

metric1862

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 415 The Hungarian miles are the longest vpon earth, for euery one of theirs, is sixe of our Scots miles, nine English.

1676 T. Binning Light to Art of Gunnery xvii. 69 Eight pound of Scots weight is the true weight of that Ball.

1708 P. Scott Let. 31 Jan. in I. Newton Corr. (1967) IV. 511 The Scots Stone weight Consists of 16 Scots pound weight.

1821 G. Tait Summary Powers & Duties of Justice of Peace in Sc. (ed. 3) 119 The standard of length is strictly the ell of 37 Scots inches.

1859 W. Waterson Man. Commerce (new ed.) 146 Converting Scots roods into Imperial roods, and Scots falls into Imperial poles or perches.

1908 Proc. Royal Philos. Soc. Glasgow 1907–8 39 108 About 40 falls or 10 Scots chains in length.

1997 L. Howard Son of Morning iii. 59 The Scots ell was something like forty-five inches.

2. Celtic History. Of or relating to the Scots (Scot n.¹ 1), or to the form of Gaelic used by these people. Cf. Erse adj. 1.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [adjective] > Gaels

Erse1425

Scots?c1450

Gaedhelian1724

Gadhelica1773

Dalriadan1788

Dalriadic1789

Gaelic1807

Dalriad1811

Goidelic1874

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6690 (MED) When þat aydane [sc. Aiden of Lindisfarne] þe pepil techid, In scottys langage all he prechid.

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 52 The Scottis toung, the pichtis toung, and the latine toung.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 642 Gif ony war than of the Scottis blude, In Albioun..Tha sould be all into the Pechtis will.

a1634 ‘J. Read’ tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. 5 Ther is no cause that moves me to mak so light account of the decay of the ancient Scots tongue as that to my contentment I perceaue those barbar sounds by litle and litle to parish.

a1690 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 62 Within this tomb [on Iona]..thair lyis 48 crownit Scottis Kings.

1706 Earl of Cromarty Trialogus 12 As a Part of the Kingdom, retain'd the Scots Language; so a part of Pictland retain'd an Idiome of the Gothish.

1827 J. Aikman tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 164 The Scots were long..called Dalreudini, for Daal, in the Scots language, signifies a part.

1913 A. D. Innes Hist. Eng. & Brit. Empire I. ii. 20 In 603 a Celtic movement against the vigorous warrior [sc. Aethelfrith] was headed by the Scots king Aidan of Dalriada.

1991 A. Williams et al. Biogr. Dict. Dark Age Brit. 66 Relations between Bruide and the Scots kingdom of Áedán mac Gabhráin cannot always have been good.

3. Designating a variety of English used in Scotland (see sense B. 1), or literary compositions, speeches, etc., written or spoken in it; (of words, idioms, grammar, etc.) characteristic of or belonging to Scots.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > Scottish English

Scots1533

Scottish1559

Scotch1633

Scotic1647

Lowland Scots1724

lowland1752

Lallan1786

1533 J. Gau in tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay To Rdr. sig. Aiv Al quhilk onderstandis the scotis tung.

1573 J. Davidson Breif Commendatioun Vprichtnes xl. 114 That Scotland neuer bure In Scottis leid ane man mair eloquent.

1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 227 The ministers hes peruertit this text be thair Scottis translation.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 74 The auld lawes of Scotland..exponed furth of Latyne in Scottis langaige.

a1696 M. Mackail in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1908) III. 1 It is very probable that the inhabitants of the Orcades of old did only speak Noords or rude Danish; but now..all speak the Scots language.

1711 Drumm. of Hawth.'s Wks., Life 5 A Sheet which he called Polemo-Middinia; 'Tis a sort of Macaronick Poetry, in which the Scots Words are put in Latin Terminations.

1774 Weekly Mag. 20 Oct. 128 His [sc. Fergusson's] talent of versification in the Scots dialect has been exceeded by none.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 322 It would be a great omission to neglect..the Scots and English ballads.

1861 Two Cosmos I. 294 To use a good old-fashioned Scots phrase.

1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling 71 But wae's me! sir, it canna last, Oor auld Scots tongue.

1950 Musical Times Oct. 385/2 Scots poetry was remembered, in some well-planned recitals got up by the Saltire Society in one of the ‘lands’ of the Royal Mile.

1983 Compar. Educ. 19 140 [Modern Scots has] a basically English structure with a limited specifically Scots vocabulary and hardly any specifically Scots syntax.

2002 Times 22 July 1/3 Scots language campaigners..had hoped to see legends such as ‘Nae wey oot’ (no exit) and ‘Dinna blether please’ (silence please) in the devolved corridors of power [in the Scottish Parliament].

4. Designating the law of Scotland; of, relating to, or according to this body of law.Scots law is sometimes described as a mixed system because its more traditional parts contained, and to some extent still contain, elements from both Roman law and English law, while also drawing upon canon law, feudal law, and local sources. The modern law of Scotland is largely statutory, the statutes emanating partly from the United Kingdom Parliament and partly from the Scottish Parliament.

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a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 11*^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Revissar Wirgyn revasor Scottis law sair punysis.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 215 That the lawes of England ar takin out of the Scottis lawes and registeris..as they ar noted and marked as said is.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Clep A Scots Law Term, a form of claim, petition, or libel.

1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 425 The Manner of Admission into this Society [sc. the Faculty of Advocates] is..sometimes, tho' rarely, by a Trial in the Scots Law.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. iv. 57 These inferior feudatories..held what are called in the Scots law ‘rere-fiefs’.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. i. §37 (margin) Statute-law of Scotland consists of the Scots acts and British statutes.

1826 Q. Rev. 34 6 This beautiful work..fell (as the Scots lawyers express it) into desuetude.

1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) In Scots law, an agent is a solicitor for the Court of Session or other courts.

1895 Sc. Lore 1 334 The interpretation of Scots legal doctrine.

1905 Sc. Law Rev. 21 117 He hoped they would keep their own Scots laws as they kept their own Scots characteristics.

1958 Introd. Sc. Legal Hist. (Stair Soc.) 442 The origin of the ‘Not proven’ verdict in Scots law is to be traced to the recognition of the inability of an unskilled jury to interpret the significance of particular facts.

1995 J. W. Cairns in J. Robertson Union for Empire x. 267 Scots lawyers turned to English law as a means of developing Scots law.

5. Characteristic of Scotland or its inhabitants; having characteristics or qualities attributed to people or things from Scotland.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] > characteristic of

Scottish1532

Scotsc1572

Scotch1609

Scottified1644

Scotchified1701

Scotchy1815

scotty1892

c1572 G. Buchanan in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1871) III. lxvi I most nedis praefer the rude Scottis wyt of Capitane Cocburne.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 249 The hollie bischope..quho was not ane goode scollar..begane rudlie in Scottis fassieoun in this maner sayand ‘Benedicite’.

1616 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 163 That Scots kindness (ever ready to a friend, but oft inconsiderate).

1778 Let. in R. J. Sulivan Observ. Tour Eng. (1780) xxiii. 205 Much as we had heard talk of Scots hospitality, we yet could not have conceived that it ever could be carried to the extreme in which we found it to exist.

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 17 Captain Barclay..has reduced Crib from upwards of sixteen stone to the above weight, by Scots living.

1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 568/2 He had the mad Erskine blood and a more than Scots thriftiness.

1938 G. E. Slocombe Mirror to Geneva vi. 69 Modestly, and with characteristic Scots caution and economy, Sir Eric Drummond entered upon his new office.

2000 E. Weinberger in J. R. Ackerley Hindoo Holiday (new ed.) Introd. p. viii Outfitted his idle troops in complete Highland gear (with the addition of pink tights, so that the brown knees of his men would take on a ruddy Scots complexion).

6. Military.

a. Of a regiment or company in a military force outside the British Isles: composed chiefly of Scottish soldiers (or soldiers of Scottish origin). Frequently in the names of specific companies and regiments, as Scots Brigade, Scots Dutch, etc. Cf. Scots Guard n. 1. Now historical.

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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > band of mercenaries > [noun] > specific

Scots Brigadec1600

Scottish Guard1629

Scottish1632

Scotch1637

Scots Dutch1893

c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 191 [In Henry Tudor's army,] of Scoittis men ane thowsand men of armes quhilk vas callit the Scoittis cumpanie.

1627 G. Barry tr. H. Hugo Seige of Breda iii. 27 Furnished both with his owne [Italian regiment], and a scots regiment of the count of arguiel in the vane garde with fourtine companies.

1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 25 Which..thereafter was still called the Scots Briggad commanded by Hepburne.

1646 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) VI. i. 597/2 S^r. Robert Murray Lieut: colonell to the Scotis Regiment of the guard in France.

a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 203 The King [i.e. the Duke of Monmouth] beside his suadadoes, called over from Holland his 3 Scots regiments.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. i. 4 An ensign's commission, presented me without purchase, in one of the Scots brigade regiments in the pay of Holland.

1879 Dominion Ann. Reg. & Rev. 1878 267 The French population..remember that in the old days it was a Scots regiment—the King's bodyguard—which was the most popular corps in Paris.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xii. 132 Lieutenant-colonel in a regiment of the Scots-Dutch.

1972 A. Shepperd Connaught Rangers 4 The last colours carried by the Scots Brigade in Holland and laid aside in 1782 remained in that country for over a century until 1884.

2006 R. B. Manning Apprenticeship in Arms iv. 72 Three chaplains accompanied another Scots regiment levied for the service of the duke of Guelder in 1647.

b. Designating a regiment of the British Army chiefly composed of Scottish soldiers or soldiers with Scottish sympathies. Frequently in the names of such regiments, as Scots Fusiliers, Scots Dragoons, etc. Cf. Scots Guard n. 2, Scots Greys at grey n. 8, Scottish adj. 7b.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British

Ulsters1649

Scots Guardsa1675

fusilier1680

guards1682

Scots Dragoons1689

Scots Fusiliers1689

Inniskilling1715

Scots Greys1728

blue1737

Black Watch1739

Oxford blues1766

green linnets1793

Grenadiers1800

slashers1802

the Buffs1806

tartan1817

Gay Gordons1823

cheesemongers1824

Green Jacket1824

The Bays1837

RHA1837

dirty half-hundred1841

die-hard1844

lifeguard1849

cherry-picker1865

lancer-regiment1868

cheeses1877

Territorial Regiment1877

the Sweeps1879

dirty shirts1887

Scottish Rifles1888

shiner1891

Yorkshire1898

imperials1899

Irish guards1902

Hampshires1904

BEF1914

Old Contemptibles1915

contemptibles1917

Tank Corps1917

the Tins1918

skins1928

pioneer corps1939

red devils1943

Blues and Royals1968

U.D.R.1969

1689 London Gaz. No. 2463/3 A hundred and fifty Dragoons, commanded by Sir Thomas Levingston, Colonel of the Scots Dragoons and Lieutenant-Colonel Hawley of Berkley's Regiment.

1715 in J. Sinclair Mem. Insurr. Scotl. (1858) 216 Particularlie the Scots Fusilieers with their caps.

1722 Caledonian Mercury 21 June in Sc. National Dict. at Scots Saturday last there was a Review of the Scots Royal Gray Horse in the Links of Leith.

1817 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 1 Feb. H. F. Muller, of the 1st or Royal Scots Regiment of Foot.

1862 A. K. Murray Sc. Regim. 70 The Scots Fusilier Guards, with the Grenadiers and Coldstreams, were stationed in the chateau and grounds of Hougomont.

1883 Macmillan's Mag. 47 443 Twenty-five mounted infantry of the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.

1919 A. Conan Doyle Brit. Campaign France & Flanders 1918 ii. 43 The Germans had made some advance..and the 7/8 Scots Borderers on the left wing had to fall back to preserve the line.

1969 D. Dilks Curzon in India I. 199 Early in 1900, a private of the Royal Scots Fusiliers battered a punkah-coolie to death with a dumb-bell and..was brought to trial and acquitted.

1993 G. L. Rottman Armies of Gulf War 20/2 Two of the regiments (Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Queen's Royal Irish Hussars) had four tank squadrons (57 tanks, 670 men).

7. Designating trees and other plants native to or associated with Scotland. Cf. Scotch adj. 3, Scottish adj. 6.See also Scots pine n.

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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [adjective] > plants or animals of a particular region > from specified region

EnglisheOE

Arabian1580

Scotch1610

West Indian1625

Scots1728

Creole1758

Californian1785

Nubian1790

Lusitanian1907

pantropical1913

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Scots Scurvy-Grass, i.e. Soldanella.

a1741 C. Fiennes Journeys (1947) 27 On the right side of the house is a large grove of firrs halfe scotts halfe norroway.

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 117 Two large Clumps of Scots Fir Trees.

1805 Scots Mag. Feb. 91/2 On the rocks here we saw the Scots lovage (Ligusticum Scoticum) growing in great plenty.

1846 Fraser's Mag. June 648/2 We have had improvers..who have cultivated Scots barley and reared green peas.

1885 Forestry July 151 The Scots Laburnum, a tree of less graceful habit, but with the flowers as profuse and of a richer golden tint.

1960 Times 22 Feb. 9/6 In the more mountainous North the common English elm is replaced by the wych or Scots elm, an equally beautiful but quite different species.

2008 L. Chalker-Scott Informed Gardener 70 While few people now would purchase Scots broom (even if it were available), they do purchase other broom species because they have lovely flowers.

B. n.

1. A variety of English used in (esp. lowland) Scotland; the variety of this used in parts of the north of Ireland. Frequently also viewed as a distinct language.Scots developed from the early northern Middle English that supplanted a Brittonic language in the south of Scotland, and had by the Stuart era spread throughout the nation and taken the place of Latin as the language of record. During the Plantation of Ulster of the 17th cent. it was introduced by Scottish settlers to the north of Ireland, where it survives as Ulster Scots (Ulster Scots n.). From the mid 16th cent. onwards, Scots has become progressively more anglicized.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > Scottish English

Scots1494

Scotch1612

Lallan1786

Lowland Scots1792

lowland1822

Kelvinside1903

1494 Loutfut MS f. 78, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Scottis The figuris of armes [etc.]..translatit owt of Fraynche in Scottis.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 118 So me behufyt quhilum..Sum bastard Latyn, French or Inglys oyss Quhar scant was Scottis.

1542 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 415/1 It salbe lefull to all o^r souirane ladyis lieges to haif þe haly write bai^t þe new testament and þe auld in þe vulgar toung In Inglis or scottis of ane gude and trew translatioune.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 179 Translateng the Æneids of Virgil in scotis; sa rycht..that ilk scotis verse concordet with the latin.

1646 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1948) II. 787 Mr. Adame..takis..vpone him the charge of ane scoolemaister..for learning of Scottis and Latine.

a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 121 Their was no way I could anger them [sc. Frenchmen] worse then to speak in Scots to them.

1749 T. Ruddiman Animadversions on Late Pamphlet 58 What light can it give the Controversy concerning Q. Mary, Whether the Detection was first writ in Scots or Latin?

1788 in Shirrefs' Poems (1790) p. xxvi For Scots is neither flat nor lame:..When we had kings and courts at hame, They spake nae ither.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 321 Kilted loons that dinna ken the name o' a single herb or flower in braid Scots, let abe in the Latin tongue.

1855 J. Paterson Origin of Scots & Sc. Lang. 123 A still more satisfactory example..is to be found in the Icelandic account of the battle of Largs.., rendered into Scots by the late Andrew Crawfurd.

1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold v. 281 She speaks broad Scots.

1940 J. Speirs Scots Literary Trad. II. vi. 183 As good as anything Grieve has written in Scots.

1997 M. B. Montgomery & R. J. Gregg in C. Jones Edinb. Hist. Scots Lang. xiv. 597 In choosing to write in Scots, these writers [from Ulster] were well aware of making a cultural statement.

2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 July (SC1 section) 25 The Scottish parliament has also made parts of its website available in Scots.

†2. Celtic History. The form of Gaelic used by the Scots (Scot n.¹ 1). Obsolete.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Goidelic > Scottish

ScottisheOE

Scotsa1500

Irish1508

Erse?a1513

Scotch1612

Gaelic1652

Scots Gaelic1753

Scotch Gaelic1763

Scottish Gaelic1800

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 851 Þan was it [sc. Britain] in þe thre nacionys, Scottis, Peythis and Brettownys. Part of þe Scottys ȝhit left in Spayn, Qwhen þai war cumyn in Brettan, And Scottis þai spek hallely.

1706 Earl of Cromarty Trialogus 12 As a Part of the Kingdom, retain'd the Scots Language; so a part of Pictland retain'd an Idiome of the Gothish;..albeit it be almost worn out, as the old Scots is agoing.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 305 An antique language,..being a species of Scots or Gaelic, which few would have comprehended.

Compounds

C1. With participial adjectives.

Scots-born adj.

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1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace vii. ii. 156 McFadzean's Scots-born Men, stay'd on the Field.

1873 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Ser. Charles I 1639 329 They, although Scots born, came to tender their service to his Majesty.

1946 Times 25 June 6/5 Widow of..the Scots-born steel master and philanthropist.

2006 R. Bond & M. Rosie in C. Bromley Has Devolution Delivered? ix. 149 A very large majority of those with two Scots-born parents..adopt a Scottish identity.

Scots-bred adj.

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1783 Edinb. Advertiser 12 Aug. 110/1 The best of three four-mile beats, by Scots bred horses.

1895 J. A. Harvie-Brown & T. E. Buckley Vertebr. Fauna Moray Basin II. 171 He does not seem to favour the idea..that they were Scots-bred birds.

1938 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 26 Jan. (Evening section) 11/3 He has one of the oldest herds of Scots-bred shorthorn cattle in Texas.

2006 North Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 Mar. 6 120 different species and varieties of primulas, among them primula Inverewe, a Scots-bred delight in bright orange.

C2. In names of weights and measures of the system formerly used in Scotland. Cf. sense A. 1c.

Scots acre n. now historical = Scotch acre n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3.

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1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner i. viii. 41 The Content in Scots Acres or Falls.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 455 From eleven to twelve pecks, Linlithgow measure, of Dutch or Riga seed, is generally sufficient for one Scots acre.

1819 Edinb. Evening Courant 19 July 1 Long Newton contains about 600 Scots acres.

1876 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 8 39 From 2 to 4 bushels of seed are given to the Scots acre.

1993 C. McGuirk in R. Burns Sel. Poems (new ed.) p. xix 1766... William Burnes..signs a twelve-year lease on Mount Oliphant, seventy Scots acres of farmland.

Scots Baronial adj. and n. (also with lower-case initial in the second element) = Scottish Baronial adj. and n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles

florida1706

massive1723

rounded1757

round-arched1782

castellar1789

baronial1807

rational1813

English colonial1817

massy1817

transitional1817

Scottish Baronial1829

rococo1830

flamboyant1832

Scotch Baronial1833

Churrigueresque1845

Russo-Byzantine1845

soaring1849

trenchant1849

vernacular1857

Scots Baronial1864

baroque1867

Perp.1867

rayonnant1873

Dutch colonial1876

Neo-Grec1878

rococoesque1885

Richardsonian1887

federal1894

organic1896

confectionery1897

European-style1907

postmodern1916

Lutyens1921

modern1927

moderne1928

functionalist1930

Williamsburg1931

Colonial Revival1934

packing case1935

Corbusian1936

lavatorial1936

pseudish1938

Adamesque1942

rationalist1952

Miesian1956

open-planned1958

Lutyensesque1961

façade1962

Odeon1964

high-tech1979

Populuxe1986

1864 J. Paterson Hist. Counties Ayr & Wigton II. 406 In 1856, the grounds were purchased by J. Fairfull Smith, Esq., who has built a truly noble mansion, in the Scots Baronial style.

1873 Biographical Notes on Editor in R. Tannahill Soldier's Return p. viii. The style is modern French Gothic, with a touch of the Scots baronial.

1900 J. Buchan Half-hearted ii. 25 The whitewashed walls, the crow-step gables, and the quaint Scots baronial turrets gave it a perfection like a house in a dream.

1953 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Nov. 17/2 Scots baronial architecture in a modified form was the style adopted for the new castle.

1981 Economist 25 July 30/2 The Victorians found medieval towers and forts too rude for comfort and built their own follies in Scots baronial.

2002 N. Ascherson Stone Voices (2003) 249 Big taipans from the China coast or Bengal often retired with personal fortunes to build draughty Scots-Baronial castles in Argyll or buy a bankrupt chieftain's estate in the Hebrides.

Scots boll n. now hist and rare a measure of capacity for grain, flour, etc., approx. equal to six imperial bushels; cf. Scotch boll n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3.

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1726 Memorial concerning Malt-tax 7 The ordinary Price of Barley in Scotland is Ten Shillings Five Pence the Scots Boll, which contains Six Winchester Bushels.

1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 72 In one instance, the produce is stated to be..92 Scots bolls per English statute acre.

1890 C. Fraser-Mackintosh Lett. Two Cent. xxx. 50 The imperial boll is less than the old or Scots boll.

1960 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1959–60 C. 60 178 Double the price of the Scots boll of meal in 1266.

Scots mile n. now historical = Scotch mile n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3; (allusive) a distance which feels long or tedious.

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1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 415 The Hungarian miles are the longest vpon earth, for euery one of theirs, is sixe of our Scots miles, nine English.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 7 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 557 We think na on the lang Scots miles..That lie between us and our hame.

1867 W. McDowall Hist. Burgh Dumfries xxxiii. 444 The first postmaster of the Burgh, his charge extending twelve Scots miles to the town of Annan.

1964 Times 28 Oct. 12/7 Seven miles of steady jog-trot (at times we wondered if they were Scots miles).

2003 D. Iredale & J. Barrett Discovering Local Hist. (ed. 2) 54 Even among those who agreed to use a standard Scots mile of 1976 yards there might be no agreement on the length of the yard.

Scots pint n. now historical = Scotch pint n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3.

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1653 T. Urquhart Logopandecteision ii. 35 I have likewise heard of a hundred crowns, given for a Fresh Salmon, where the Scots Pint of wine did cost but three half-pence.

1737 (title) An Act for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vii. 202 What say ye to anither pot? or shall we cry in a blythe Scots pint at ance?

1890 J. Colston Edinb. & District Water Supply ii. 12 These springs originally..were estimated to discharge into the cistern from 800 to 900 Scots pints of water per minute.

1983 Eighteenth-cent. Stud. 16 444 Commodity prices ran as follows:..aqua vitae, 1/5/0 per 20 Scots pints.

Scots stone n. now historical and rare a measure of weight equal to approx. 22 pounds (10 kg); cf. Scotch stone n. (b) at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.Varying with different commodities: cf. stone n. 14a.

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1641 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Rec. Coinage Scotl. (1876) I. Introd. 30 The king hes vpon the coinage of euerie Scots staine of siluer bulyion 64 li.

1750 J. Mackenzie Gen. Grievances & Oppress. Isles Orknay & Shetland i. ii. 55 Standard-weight (or Scots Stone) of 16 libs.

1810 Farmer's Mag. June 212 One and a half Scots stones, or thirty-three pounds weight.

1995 E. Gemmill & N. Mayhew Changing Values Medieval Scotl. 404 Although the Scots sack contained only 24 stones, it was almost exactly the same weight as the English sack, if the Scots stone for wool contained 15 rather than 14 pounds.

Scots troy n. now historical and rare (also Scots troy weight) a system of weights formerly used in Scotland, chiefly for precious metals and stones (see troy n.² a); chiefly attributive and as postmodifier, designating weights of this system.

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1682 Rep. Commissioners Tryal Mint Scotl. (1691) 23 The Dean of Gild's Weights of Edinburgh, which are heavier than the Scots Troy weight.

1745 in tr. D. Gregory Treat. Pract. Geom. 152 The Scots Troy pound..is commonly supposed equal to 15¾ ounces English Troy.

c1792 Encycl. Brit. X. 718/1 It was enacted by..James VI that it [sc. the pint] should contain 55 Scots Troy ounces of the clear water of Leith.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. II. 597/2 What is called Scots Troy, in our times, is the same with Dutch weight.

1892 D. G. Barron Court Bk. Barony of Urie in Kincardineshire 1604–1747 106 A stone Scots Troy, or Dutch weight, as it was also termed, consisted of 17½ pounds avoirdupois.

1995 E. Gemmill & N. Mayhew Changing Values Medieval Scotl. iv. 142 The 250 pounds Scots Troy is equivalent to just over 355 pounds Tower.

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† Scots catch n. Obsolete rare = Scotch snap n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2; cf. also later Scotch catch n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > short note followed by long

Scots catch1789

Scots snap1789

Scotch snap1824

Scotch catch1842

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 457 There was at this time too much of the Scots catch, or cutting short of the first two notes in a melody.

Scots coal n. now chiefly historical = Scotch coal n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.

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1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo vii. 80 Scots-coale, Wheat, Barley, and all kind of graines in both Kingdomes.

1793 Earl of Dundonald Descr. Estate Culross 53 Scots Coal and Wax Tapers forming two of the indispensably necessary attendants of Drums, Routs, and Squeezes.

1812 E. Wakefield Acct. Ireland I. 612 In general, there are three kinds of coal: first, what is commonly denominated Scots coal, though improperly, as it is found at Limmington in Warwickshire, and in many other places.

2002 J. Hatcher Hist. Brit. Coal Industry I. v. 111 He maintained that the duty on Scots coal was excessive compared with that from Newcastle.

Scots collops n. now chiefly historical = Scotch collops n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > steak dishes

Scots collops1657

Scotch collops1664

porterhouse steak1842

Chateaubriand1877

plank steak1904

steak tartare1911

churrasco1917

Swiss steak1932

tournedos Rossini1937

pepper steak1939

cheesesteak1941

steak au poivre1953

steak Diane1957

carpet-bag steak1958

peppered steak1960

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes

langue de boeuf1381

sawgeatc1390

pome-garneza1450

olive1598

potato pie1600

capilotade1611

carbonade1651

beef à la mode1653

Scots collops1657

Scotch collops1664

galantine1702

grenadine1706

scotched collops1708

à la mode beef1723

miroton1725

German duck1785

cottage pie1791

chartreuse1806

timbale1824

sanders1827

rognon1828

rolliche1830

schalet1846

old thing1848

Brunswick stew1855

scrapple1855

moussaka1862

cannelon1875

crépinette1877

shepherd's pie1877

chop suey1888

estouffade1889

noisette1891

chaudfroid1892

patty1904

boeuf bourguignon1915

sukiyaki1920

bœuf stroganoff1932

bœuf1936

flauta1938

rumaki1941

rendang1948

pastitsio1950

keema1955

bulgogi1958

moo shu1962

Melba1964

shabu-shabu1970

carpaccio1974

al pastor1977

gosht1982

parmo1999

parmesan2003

beef stroganof-

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 38 A dish of Scots Collips of a legge of Porke.

1735 Gentleman's Compan. & Tradesman's Delight 161 To make Scots Collops. Cut very thin slices of Veal and half fry them in very good fresh Butter..; when it is fried enough thicken the Sauce with Yolks of Eggs, and squeeze in it the Juice of a Lemon.

1830 Mrs. Dalgairns Pract. Cookery (ed. 3) 85 Scots Collops. Cut any piece of tender lean beef into slices.

1907 J. Colville in Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps 1737–9 250 In England collops are frequently used unminced, which may account for the expression ‘Scots collops’.

2008 Providence (Rhode Island) (Nexis) 20 Nov. d2 The event includes preparing a meal the old-fashioned way..and eating by candlelight... The menu will include..Scots collops (a beef dish).

Scots elm n. = Scotch elm n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 4.

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a1735 Earl of Haddington Short Treat. Forest-trees 9 in J. G. Reid Scots Gardiner (1756) I shall begin with that which hath grown long in this country, and is called the Scots Elm.

1899 Gardeners' Chron. 6 May 282/3 Of ten Scots Elms, the largest is 20 feet 7 ins.

1960 Times 22 Feb. 9/6 In the more mountainous North the common English elm is replaced by the wych or Scots elm, an equally beautiful but quite different species.

2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 11 Ones that aren't bad are: Scots elm, spruce, silver fir, sweet chestnut and Cambrian pine.

† Scots goose n. Obsolete rare = Scotch goose n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 4.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta leucopsis (barnacle goose)

barnaclea1227

tree-goose1597

bar-goose1606

Scots goose1668

barnacle goose1840

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 98 Anser Bernicla, the Barnacle, or Scots-goose.

Scots mist = Scotch mist n. 1.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > very wet mist

Scottish mist1589

Scotch mist1639

Scots mist1648

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1648 (title) The Scots mist, Yet gathering To wet English-men to the skinne.

1718 Tales of Tories 13 We came to Kelso half drowned with the Rain that fell, which the People call a Scots Mist.

1828 London Lit. Gaz. 12 Jan. 20/2 A Scots mist comes over the hills, and all sporting is at an end.

1915–9 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War XX. cxli. 107 It rained incessantly—sometimes clearing to a drizzle or a Scots mist, but relapsing into a downpour on any day fixed for our attack.

2006 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 6 June 35 The occasional patches of Scots mist helped keep participants cool as they tackled the 3.8km undulating course.

Scots plough n. now historical a type of swing plough, made chiefly (sometimes wholly) from wood, and drawn by a team of up to eight horses or oxen (also more fully old Scots plough); (also) a lighter type of swing plough which can be drawn by two horses, esp. one made entirely from cast iron; cf. Scotch plough n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.

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1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. v. 178 This position of the sheath makes the Scots plough improper for hoeing, as the earth that falls to the left, buries the young plants in the rows.

1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides & Highlands Scotl. I. iii. 124 For all the land already in tillage, the light Scots plough for two horses, as improved in many places, is the proper instrument.

1815 Edinb. Rev. Nov. 90 James Small, an ingenious mechanic... To his skilful alterations on the old Scots plough we are indebted for the present well-constructed implement drawn by two horses.

1957 E. E. Evans in T. W. Moody & J. C. Beckett Ulster since 1800 2nd Ser. vi. 62 The Scots plough—the iron swing-plough patented by James Small.

1979 I. D. Whyte Agric. & Society in 17th-cent. Scotl. iii. 71 The use of the heavy plough, known in later times as the Old Scots Plough.

2003 J. Repcheck Man who found Time vi. 110 The Scots plough..was large, heavy, and made completely of wood. It required a team of at least six horses or oxen, and three men to handle.

Scots Sea n. now historical and rare = Scottish Sea n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3.In quot. ?a1400 perhaps = Scotch Sea n. (a) at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.

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?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 316 (MED) Alle com to Carlele to conseil how were best To passe þe Scottis se wele.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ix. l. 310 The king..thocht sone to mak all fre Yat wes on ye north halff ye Scottis se.

?1594 J. Monipennie Certaine Matters sig. F By North those borders from the Scots sea to the Ireland sea.

1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 34 And by The Scottis Sea, is mean'd here, The Water of Forth.

1739 D. Stewart Hist. & Geneal. Acc. Royal Family Scotl. i. iv. 70 Their Heirs should hold all the Possessions benorth the Scots Sea, viz. Forth, of the Crown of England.

1846 Polit. Dict. II. 158/1 The term ‘Scotland’..designated..not the whole territory of the realm, but that part only which lay north of the Forth, or Scots sea, as it was called.

2007 K. Givens Rivals for Crown 400 The wooden bridge.., the only passage over the area called the Scots Sea, for the Forth was tidal even this far inland.

Scots snap n. Music = Scotch snap n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > short note followed by long

Scots catch1789

Scots snap1789

Scotch snap1824

Scotch catch1842

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 472 The Scots snap seems to have been contagious in that school [sc. the Neapolitan] at this time.

1892 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 3rd Ser. 2 390 The strathspey ‘The Miller's Wedding’, served up with the true Scots snap.

1928 Musical Times Nov. 1002/1 Hubert Middleton's ‘Marching Song’..has the Scots snap, and so needs brightness and precision.

2001 R. Holmes & T. M. Volk World on String 88/1 The Scots snap is the key to playing a strathspey. Try practicing the snap on open strings or scales before beginning the piece.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scots
释义	Scotsadj.n. Brit. /skɒts/, U.S. /skɑts/, Scottish English /skɔts/ Forms: α. Middle English Scottis, Middle English Scottys, Middle English Skotis, Middle English Skottis, Middle English–1600s Scottes, 1500s Scotes, 1500s Skottes; Scottish pre-1700 Schotes, pre-1700 Schottes, pre-1700 Schoyttis, pre-1700 Scoitis, pre-1700 Scoittis, pre-1700 Scotes, pre-1700 Scotise, pre-1700 Scottes, pre-1700 Scottise, pre-1700 Scottys, pre-1700 Skotis, pre-1700 Skottes, pre-1700 Skottis, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– Scottis, pre-1700 1700s–1800s Scotis. β. 1500s–1700s Scotts, 1600s– Scots; Scottish pre-1700 Scoats, pre-1700 Scotts, pre-1700 Skots, pre-1700 Skotts, pre-1700 1700s– Scots. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Scottish adj. Etymology: Apparently originally a northern and Scots variant of Scottish adj. (although the earliest evidence comes from a London document); in β. forms with contraction of the suffix (compare Scotch adj.); see discussion at -ish suffix¹. Compare forms at English adj. With sense A. 2 compare Erse adj.In early use sometimes difficult to distinguish from the genitive of Scot n.¹ For discussion of usage of Scots , Scottish , and Scotch see note at Scotch adj. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern) in early use. A. adj. 1. a. Of, from, or belonging to Scotland or its inhabitants; = Scottish adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [adjective] ScottisheOE Scots1346 Scotch1407 Albanian1565 Scotian1607 Caledonian1656 Albanic1789 tartan1954 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] ScottisheOE Scots1346 Scotical1548 Scotch1609 North British1712 1346 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 234 [For the] dyker [of] Scottes stagges, [half a mark]; [the] dyker [of] Yrysshe, [half a mark]. a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 4 (MED) Many a Skottis brid With dole er dight þat þai most dwell. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xiii. 208 Ye Scottis archeris alsua Schot amang yaim sa deliuerly Engrewand yaim sa gretumly. a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 2 The Scottes host. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 82 Fair gem of ioy, Margreit, of the I meyne: Gladethe, thoue queyne of Scottis regioun. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 103 This buik I dedicaite, Writing in the language of Scottis natioun. ?c1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 3 (heading) Ane most Godlie, mirrie and lustie Rapsodie maide be sundrie learned Scots poets and written be George Bannatyne. ?1572 R. Sempill Premonitioun Barnis of Leith (single sheet) Nane of Scottis blude: In Scotland dar him self auow, Mair nor in Iurie dois the Iow. 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 23 The other Scots Officers of the Regiment. 1705 (title) A pill for pork eaters, or A Scots lancet for an English swelling. 1797 C. Burney Let. to F. Burney 28 Sept. A Scots lady. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xvii. 696 The union closes the story of the Scots constitution. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxii. 105 The old panic-cry about a Scots invasion. 1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold ii. 125 He thought Scots games inferior to southern sports. 1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess xviii. 145 He'd gone North as a boy and seen all the Scots lords with their fine young King at their head mown down like hay on Flodden Field. 2003 Hist. Scotl. Jan. 28/3 Scots lutar Rob MacKillops recently completed a CD of his work and believes he was the finest songwriter of his day in Scotland. b. Designating currency or monetary units formerly used in Scotland. Opposed to sterling. Now historical.Frequently (chiefly as a postmodifier) in the names of certain coins, as mark Scots (see mark n.² 2b), penny Scots (see penny n. 1b), shilling Scots (see shilling n. 1b). See also pound Scots at pound n.¹ 2c.Officially abolished by the 1707 Act of Union, Scots money continued in use for a period afterwards as unit of account. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [adjective] > Scottish Scots1520 Scotch1638 1426 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1426/17 The quhilk wey xv leill Troyce pundis. Ande the stane be dividit in xvj lele Scottis pund. 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 79 In demyis and Scottis crovnis. 1520 Charges conc. Dk. Albany in G. Douglas Wks. (1874) I. Introd. 109 Fourty thousand pund of Scottis money. 1558 in W. Campbell Hist. Incorporation Cordiners in Glasgow (1883) 249 Euyrry maister of the said craft sall pay oueklie to the reparatioune of the said alter ane penny scottis [etc.]. 1645 in C. S. Terry Army of Covenant (1917) I. 163 2 merks Scotts the Scotts pynt. 1697 in A. I. Ritchie Churches St. Baldred (1880) 39 Whoever shall desire the great bell to be rung to any burial, must pay for the same ten shillings Scots. 1759 London Evening Post 7 Aug. They are mostly Scots Coin; some of them coined in the Reign of Queen Mary during her Marriage with Lord Darnley. 1765 in E. Henderson Ann. Dunfermline (1879) 482 The Town Treasurer Accompts shall be drawn out and booked in Sterline or English money, and not in Scots money, as has been the bygone practice. 1775 Brit. Chronol. ann. 1719 II. 51/2 An act for laying a duty of two pennies Scots..upon every pint of ale or beer that shall be vended or sold within the town of Inverness. 1777 J. Tytler Salmon's New Universal Geogr. Gram. 476 By degrees a Scots shilling fell to the value of one twelfth of an English shilling. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. at Schools The salaries of the schoolmasters were to be fixed at from 300 to 400 merks Scots. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Sterling money is twelve times the value of the same denomination of Scots money. 1883 American 6 270 A legacy by word of mouth is good to the extent of £100 Scots, or £8 6s. 8d. sterling. 1934 Econ. Hist. Rev. 4 467 Among other innovations, the Earl commuted the bondage work prestable from his tenants for the moderate sum of £17 9s. 10d., Scots. 2004 R. Britnell Brit. & Ireland 1050–1530 xxii. 455 By 1470 the Scots penny contained only 3½ grains of silver and was mostly made of copper. c. Designating weights and measures formerly used in Scotland. Now historical. See also Compounds 2, and cf. Scotch adj. 1c.The units of the Scottish system were standardized from 1661 onwards, although local variation still remained after this date. An Act of Parliament in 1824 imposed the English equivalents of these units. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > serving as a unit of measurement > standard (of units) > specific standard Scots1632 Scotch1638 Rhineland1646 metrical1797 imperial1814 international1857 metric1862 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 415 The Hungarian miles are the longest vpon earth, for euery one of theirs, is sixe of our Scots miles, nine English. 1676 T. Binning Light to Art of Gunnery xvii. 69 Eight pound of Scots weight is the true weight of that Ball. 1708 P. Scott Let. 31 Jan. in I. Newton Corr. (1967) IV. 511 The Scots Stone weight Consists of 16 Scots pound weight. 1821 G. Tait Summary Powers & Duties of Justice of Peace in Sc. (ed. 3) 119 The standard of length is strictly the ell of 37 Scots inches. 1859 W. Waterson Man. Commerce (new ed.) 146 Converting Scots roods into Imperial roods, and Scots falls into Imperial poles or perches. 1908 Proc. Royal Philos. Soc. Glasgow 1907–8 39 108 About 40 falls or 10 Scots chains in length. 1997 L. Howard Son of Morning iii. 59 The Scots ell was something like forty-five inches. 2. Celtic History. Of or relating to the Scots (Scot n.¹ 1), or to the form of Gaelic used by these people. Cf. Erse adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [adjective] > Gaels Erse1425 Scots?c1450 Gaedhelian1724 Gadhelica1773 Dalriadan1788 Dalriadic1789 Gaelic1807 Dalriad1811 Goidelic1874 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6690 (MED) When þat aydane [sc. Aiden of Lindisfarne] þe pepil techid, In scottys langage all he prechid. 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 52 The Scottis toung, the pichtis toung, and the latine toung. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 642 Gif ony war than of the Scottis blude, In Albioun..Tha sould be all into the Pechtis will. a1634 ‘J. Read’ tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. 5 Ther is no cause that moves me to mak so light account of the decay of the ancient Scots tongue as that to my contentment I perceaue those barbar sounds by litle and litle to parish. a1690 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 62 Within this tomb [on Iona]..thair lyis 48 crownit Scottis Kings. 1706 Earl of Cromarty Trialogus 12 As a Part of the Kingdom, retain'd the Scots Language; so a part of Pictland retain'd an Idiome of the Gothish. 1827 J. Aikman tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 164 The Scots were long..called Dalreudini, for Daal, in the Scots language, signifies a part. 1913 A. D. Innes Hist. Eng. & Brit. Empire I. ii. 20 In 603 a Celtic movement against the vigorous warrior [sc. Aethelfrith] was headed by the Scots king Aidan of Dalriada. 1991 A. Williams et al. Biogr. Dict. Dark Age Brit. 66 Relations between Bruide and the Scots kingdom of Áedán mac Gabhráin cannot always have been good. 3. Designating a variety of English used in Scotland (see sense B. 1), or literary compositions, speeches, etc., written or spoken in it; (of words, idioms, grammar, etc.) characteristic of or belonging to Scots. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > Scottish English Scots1533 Scottish1559 Scotch1633 Scotic1647 Lowland Scots1724 lowland1752 Lallan1786 1533 J. Gau in tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay To Rdr. sig. Aiv Al quhilk onderstandis the scotis tung. 1573 J. Davidson Breif Commendatioun Vprichtnes xl. 114 That Scotland neuer bure In Scottis leid ane man mair eloquent. 1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 227 The ministers hes peruertit this text be thair Scottis translation. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 74 The auld lawes of Scotland..exponed furth of Latyne in Scottis langaige. a1696 M. Mackail in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1908) III. 1 It is very probable that the inhabitants of the Orcades of old did only speak Noords or rude Danish; but now..all speak the Scots language. 1711 Drumm. of Hawth.'s Wks., Life 5 A Sheet which he called Polemo-Middinia; 'Tis a sort of Macaronick Poetry, in which the Scots Words are put in Latin Terminations. 1774 Weekly Mag. 20 Oct. 128 His [sc. Fergusson's] talent of versification in the Scots dialect has been exceeded by none. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 322 It would be a great omission to neglect..the Scots and English ballads. 1861 Two Cosmos I. 294 To use a good old-fashioned Scots phrase. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling 71 But wae's me! sir, it canna last, Oor auld Scots tongue. 1950 Musical Times Oct. 385/2 Scots poetry was remembered, in some well-planned recitals got up by the Saltire Society in one of the ‘lands’ of the Royal Mile. 1983 Compar. Educ. 19 140 [Modern Scots has] a basically English structure with a limited specifically Scots vocabulary and hardly any specifically Scots syntax. 2002 Times 22 July 1/3 Scots language campaigners..had hoped to see legends such as ‘Nae wey oot’ (no exit) and ‘Dinna blether please’ (silence please) in the devolved corridors of power [in the Scottish Parliament]. 4. Designating the law of Scotland; of, relating to, or according to this body of law.Scots law is sometimes described as a mixed system because its more traditional parts contained, and to some extent still contain, elements from both Roman law and English law, while also drawing upon canon law, feudal law, and local sources. The modern law of Scotland is largely statutory, the statutes emanating partly from the United Kingdom Parliament and partly from the Scottish Parliament. ΚΠ a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 11^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue* at Revissar Wirgyn revasor Scottis law sair punysis. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 215 That the lawes of England ar takin out of the Scottis lawes and registeris..as they ar noted and marked as said is. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Clep A Scots Law Term, a form of claim, petition, or libel. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 425 The Manner of Admission into this Society [sc. the Faculty of Advocates] is..sometimes, tho' rarely, by a Trial in the Scots Law. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. iv. 57 These inferior feudatories..held what are called in the Scots law ‘rere-fiefs’. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. i. §37 (margin) Statute-law of Scotland consists of the Scots acts and British statutes. 1826 Q. Rev. 34 6 This beautiful work..fell (as the Scots lawyers express it) into desuetude. 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) In Scots law, an agent is a solicitor for the Court of Session or other courts. 1895 Sc. Lore 1 334 The interpretation of Scots legal doctrine. 1905 Sc. Law Rev. 21 117 He hoped they would keep their own Scots laws as they kept their own Scots characteristics. 1958 Introd. Sc. Legal Hist. (Stair Soc.) 442 The origin of the ‘Not proven’ verdict in Scots law is to be traced to the recognition of the inability of an unskilled jury to interpret the significance of particular facts. 1995 J. W. Cairns in J. Robertson Union for Empire x. 267 Scots lawyers turned to English law as a means of developing Scots law. 5. Characteristic of Scotland or its inhabitants; having characteristics or qualities attributed to people or things from Scotland. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] > characteristic of Scottish1532 Scotsc1572 Scotch1609 Scottified1644 Scotchified1701 Scotchy1815 scotty1892 c1572 G. Buchanan in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1871) III. lxvi I most nedis praefer the rude Scottis wyt of Capitane Cocburne. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 249 The hollie bischope..quho was not ane goode scollar..begane rudlie in Scottis fassieoun in this maner sayand ‘Benedicite’. 1616 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 163 That Scots kindness (ever ready to a friend, but oft inconsiderate). 1778 Let. in R. J. Sulivan Observ. Tour Eng. (1780) xxiii. 205 Much as we had heard talk of Scots hospitality, we yet could not have conceived that it ever could be carried to the extreme in which we found it to exist. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 17 Captain Barclay..has reduced Crib from upwards of sixteen stone to the above weight, by Scots living. 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 568/2 He had the mad Erskine blood and a more than Scots thriftiness. 1938 G. E. Slocombe Mirror to Geneva vi. 69 Modestly, and with characteristic Scots caution and economy, Sir Eric Drummond entered upon his new office. 2000 E. Weinberger in J. R. Ackerley Hindoo Holiday (new ed.) Introd. p. viii Outfitted his idle troops in complete Highland gear (with the addition of pink tights, so that the brown knees of his men would take on a ruddy Scots complexion). 6. Military. a. Of a regiment or company in a military force outside the British Isles: composed chiefly of Scottish soldiers (or soldiers of Scottish origin). Frequently in the names of specific companies and regiments, as Scots Brigade, Scots Dutch, etc. Cf. Scots Guard n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > band of mercenaries > [noun] > specific Scots Brigadec1600 Scottish Guard1629 Scottish1632 Scotch1637 Scots Dutch1893 c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 191 [In Henry Tudor's army,] of Scoittis men ane thowsand men of armes quhilk vas callit the Scoittis cumpanie. 1627 G. Barry tr. H. Hugo Seige of Breda iii. 27 Furnished both with his owne [Italian regiment], and a scots regiment of the count of arguiel in the vane garde with fourtine companies. 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 25 Which..thereafter was still called the Scots Briggad commanded by Hepburne. 1646 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) VI. i. 597/2 S^r. Robert Murray Lieut: colonell to the Scotis Regiment of the guard in France. a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 203 The King [i.e. the Duke of Monmouth] beside his suadadoes, called over from Holland his 3 Scots regiments. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. i. 4 An ensign's commission, presented me without purchase, in one of the Scots brigade regiments in the pay of Holland. 1879 Dominion Ann. Reg. & Rev. 1878 267 The French population..remember that in the old days it was a Scots regiment—the King's bodyguard—which was the most popular corps in Paris. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xii. 132 Lieutenant-colonel in a regiment of the Scots-Dutch. 1972 A. Shepperd Connaught Rangers 4 The last colours carried by the Scots Brigade in Holland and laid aside in 1782 remained in that country for over a century until 1884. 2006 R. B. Manning Apprenticeship in Arms iv. 72 Three chaplains accompanied another Scots regiment levied for the service of the duke of Guelder in 1647. b. Designating a regiment of the British Army chiefly composed of Scottish soldiers or soldiers with Scottish sympathies. Frequently in the names of such regiments, as Scots Fusiliers, Scots Dragoons, etc. Cf. Scots Guard n. 2, Scots Greys at grey n. 8, Scottish adj. 7b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1689 London Gaz. No. 2463/3 A hundred and fifty Dragoons, commanded by Sir Thomas Levingston, Colonel of the Scots Dragoons and Lieutenant-Colonel Hawley of Berkley's Regiment. 1715 in J. Sinclair Mem. Insurr. Scotl. (1858) 216 Particularlie the Scots Fusilieers with their caps. 1722 Caledonian Mercury 21 June in Sc. National Dict. at Scots Saturday last there was a Review of the Scots Royal Gray Horse in the Links of Leith. 1817 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 1 Feb. H. F. Muller, of the 1st or Royal Scots Regiment of Foot. 1862 A. K. Murray Sc. Regim. 70 The Scots Fusilier Guards, with the Grenadiers and Coldstreams, were stationed in the chateau and grounds of Hougomont. 1883 Macmillan's Mag. 47 443 Twenty-five mounted infantry of the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. 1919 A. Conan Doyle Brit. Campaign France & Flanders 1918 ii. 43 The Germans had made some advance..and the 7/8 Scots Borderers on the left wing had to fall back to preserve the line. 1969 D. Dilks Curzon in India I. 199 Early in 1900, a private of the Royal Scots Fusiliers battered a punkah-coolie to death with a dumb-bell and..was brought to trial and acquitted. 1993 G. L. Rottman Armies of Gulf War 20/2 Two of the regiments (Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Queen's Royal Irish Hussars) had four tank squadrons (57 tanks, 670 men). 7. Designating trees and other plants native to or associated with Scotland. Cf. Scotch adj. 3, Scottish adj. 6.See also Scots pine n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [adjective] > plants or animals of a particular region > from specified region EnglisheOE Arabian1580 Scotch1610 West Indian1625 Scots1728 Creole1758 Californian1785 Nubian1790 Lusitanian1907 pantropical1913 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Scots Scurvy-Grass, i.e. Soldanella. a1741 C. Fiennes Journeys (1947) 27 On the right side of the house is a large grove of firrs halfe scotts halfe norroway. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 117 Two large Clumps of Scots Fir Trees. 1805 Scots Mag. Feb. 91/2 On the rocks here we saw the Scots lovage (Ligusticum Scoticum) growing in great plenty. 1846 Fraser's Mag. June 648/2 We have had improvers..who have cultivated Scots barley and reared green peas. 1885 Forestry July 151 The Scots Laburnum, a tree of less graceful habit, but with the flowers as profuse and of a richer golden tint. 1960 Times 22 Feb. 9/6 In the more mountainous North the common English elm is replaced by the wych or Scots elm, an equally beautiful but quite different species. 2008 L. Chalker-Scott Informed Gardener 70 While few people now would purchase Scots broom (even if it were available), they do purchase other broom species because they have lovely flowers. B. n. 1. A variety of English used in (esp. lowland) Scotland; the variety of this used in parts of the north of Ireland. Frequently also viewed as a distinct language.Scots developed from the early northern Middle English that supplanted a Brittonic language in the south of Scotland, and had by the Stuart era spread throughout the nation and taken the place of Latin as the language of record. During the Plantation of Ulster of the 17th cent. it was introduced by Scottish settlers to the north of Ireland, where it survives as Ulster Scots (Ulster Scots n.). From the mid 16th cent. onwards, Scots has become progressively more anglicized. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > Scottish English Scots1494 Scotch1612 Lallan1786 Lowland Scots1792 lowland1822 Kelvinside1903 1494 Loutfut MS f. 78, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Scottis The figuris of armes [etc.]..translatit owt of Fraynche in Scottis. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 118 So me behufyt quhilum..Sum bastard Latyn, French or Inglys oyss Quhar scant was Scottis. 1542 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 415/1 It salbe lefull to all o^r souirane ladyis lieges to haif þe haly write bai^t þe new testament and þe auld in þe vulgar toung In Inglis or scottis of ane gude and trew translatioune. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 179 Translateng the Æneids of Virgil in scotis; sa rycht..that ilk scotis verse concordet with the latin. 1646 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1948) II. 787 Mr. Adame..takis..vpone him the charge of ane scoolemaister..for learning of Scottis and Latine. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 121 Their was no way I could anger them [sc. Frenchmen] worse then to speak in Scots to them. 1749 T. Ruddiman Animadversions on Late Pamphlet 58 What light can it give the Controversy concerning Q. Mary, Whether the Detection was first writ in Scots or Latin? 1788 in Shirrefs' Poems (1790) p. xxvi For Scots is neither flat nor lame:..When we had kings and courts at hame, They spake nae ither. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 321 Kilted loons that dinna ken the name o' a single herb or flower in braid Scots, let abe in the Latin tongue. 1855 J. Paterson Origin of Scots & Sc. Lang. 123 A still more satisfactory example..is to be found in the Icelandic account of the battle of Largs.., rendered into Scots by the late Andrew Crawfurd. 1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold v. 281 She speaks broad Scots. 1940 J. Speirs Scots Literary Trad. II. vi. 183 As good as anything Grieve has written in Scots. 1997 M. B. Montgomery & R. J. Gregg in C. Jones Edinb. Hist. Scots Lang. xiv. 597 In choosing to write in Scots, these writers [from Ulster] were well aware of making a cultural statement. 2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 July (SC1 section) 25 The Scottish parliament has also made parts of its website available in Scots. †2. Celtic History. The form of Gaelic used by the Scots (Scot n.¹ 1). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Goidelic > Scottish ScottisheOE Scotsa1500 Irish1508 Erse?a1513 Scotch1612 Gaelic1652 Scots Gaelic1753 Scotch Gaelic1763 Scottish Gaelic1800 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 851 Þan was it [sc. Britain] in þe thre nacionys, Scottis, Peythis and Brettownys. Part of þe Scottys ȝhit left in Spayn, Qwhen þai war cumyn in Brettan, And Scottis þai spek hallely. 1706 Earl of Cromarty Trialogus 12 As a Part of the Kingdom, retain'd the Scots Language; so a part of Pictland retain'd an Idiome of the Gothish;..albeit it be almost worn out, as the old Scots is agoing. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 305 An antique language,..being a species of Scots or Gaelic, which few would have comprehended. Compounds C1. With participial adjectives. Scots-born adj. ΚΠ 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace vii. ii. 156 McFadzean's Scots-born Men, stay'd on the Field. 1873 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Ser. Charles I 1639 329 They, although Scots born, came to tender their service to his Majesty. 1946 Times 25 June 6/5 Widow of..the Scots-born steel master and philanthropist. 2006 R. Bond & M. Rosie in C. Bromley Has Devolution Delivered? ix. 149 A very large majority of those with two Scots-born parents..adopt a Scottish identity. Scots-bred adj. ΚΠ 1783 Edinb. Advertiser 12 Aug. 110/1 The best of three four-mile beats, by Scots bred horses. 1895 J. A. Harvie-Brown & T. E. Buckley Vertebr. Fauna Moray Basin II. 171 He does not seem to favour the idea..that they were Scots-bred birds. 1938 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 26 Jan. (Evening section) 11/3 He has one of the oldest herds of Scots-bred shorthorn cattle in Texas. 2006 North Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 Mar. 6 120 different species and varieties of primulas, among them primula Inverewe, a Scots-bred delight in bright orange. C2. In names of weights and measures of the system formerly used in Scotland. Cf. sense A. 1c. Scots acre n. now historical = Scotch acre n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner i. viii. 41 The Content in Scots Acres or Falls. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 455 From eleven to twelve pecks, Linlithgow measure, of Dutch or Riga seed, is generally sufficient for one Scots acre. 1819 Edinb. Evening Courant 19 July 1 Long Newton contains about 600 Scots acres. 1876 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 8 39 From 2 to 4 bushels of seed are given to the Scots acre. 1993 C. McGuirk in R. Burns Sel. Poems (new ed.) p. xix 1766... William Burnes..signs a twelve-year lease on Mount Oliphant, seventy Scots acres of farmland. Scots Baronial adj. and n. (also with lower-case initial in the second element) = Scottish Baronial adj. and n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles florida1706 massive1723 rounded1757 round-arched1782 castellar1789 baronial1807 rational1813 English colonial1817 massy1817 transitional1817 Scottish Baronial1829 rococo1830 flamboyant1832 Scotch Baronial1833 Churrigueresque1845 Russo-Byzantine1845 soaring1849 trenchant1849 vernacular1857 Scots Baronial1864 baroque1867 Perp.1867 rayonnant1873 Dutch colonial1876 Neo-Grec1878 rococoesque1885 Richardsonian1887 federal1894 organic1896 confectionery1897 European-style1907 postmodern1916 Lutyens1921 modern1927 moderne1928 functionalist1930 Williamsburg1931 Colonial Revival1934 packing case1935 Corbusian1936 lavatorial1936 pseudish1938 Adamesque1942 rationalist1952 Miesian1956 open-planned1958 Lutyensesque1961 façade1962 Odeon1964 high-tech1979 Populuxe1986 1864 J. Paterson Hist. Counties Ayr & Wigton II. 406 In 1856, the grounds were purchased by J. Fairfull Smith, Esq., who has built a truly noble mansion, in the Scots Baronial style. 1873 Biographical Notes on Editor in R. Tannahill Soldier's Return p. viii. The style is modern French Gothic, with a touch of the Scots baronial. 1900 J. Buchan Half-hearted ii. 25 The whitewashed walls, the crow-step gables, and the quaint Scots baronial turrets gave it a perfection like a house in a dream. 1953 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Nov. 17/2 Scots baronial architecture in a modified form was the style adopted for the new castle. 1981 Economist 25 July 30/2 The Victorians found medieval towers and forts too rude for comfort and built their own follies in Scots baronial. 2002 N. Ascherson Stone Voices (2003) 249 Big taipans from the China coast or Bengal often retired with personal fortunes to build draughty Scots-Baronial castles in Argyll or buy a bankrupt chieftain's estate in the Hebrides. Scots boll n. now hist and rare a measure of capacity for grain, flour, etc., approx. equal to six imperial bushels; cf. Scotch boll n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1726 Memorial concerning Malt-tax 7 The ordinary Price of Barley in Scotland is Ten Shillings Five Pence the Scots Boll, which contains Six Winchester Bushels. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 72 In one instance, the produce is stated to be..92 Scots bolls per English statute acre. 1890 C. Fraser-Mackintosh Lett. Two Cent. xxx. 50 The imperial boll is less than the old or Scots boll. 1960 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1959–60 C. 60 178 Double the price of the Scots boll of meal in 1266. Scots mile n. now historical = Scotch mile n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3; (allusive) a distance which feels long or tedious. ΚΠ 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 415 The Hungarian miles are the longest vpon earth, for euery one of theirs, is sixe of our Scots miles, nine English. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 7 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 557 We think na on the lang Scots miles..That lie between us and our hame. 1867 W. McDowall Hist. Burgh Dumfries xxxiii. 444 The first postmaster of the Burgh, his charge extending twelve Scots miles to the town of Annan. 1964 Times 28 Oct. 12/7 Seven miles of steady jog-trot (at times we wondered if they were Scots miles). 2003 D. Iredale & J. Barrett Discovering Local Hist. (ed. 2) 54 Even among those who agreed to use a standard Scots mile of 1976 yards there might be no agreement on the length of the yard. Scots pint n. now historical = Scotch pint n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1653 T. Urquhart Logopandecteision ii. 35 I have likewise heard of a hundred crowns, given for a Fresh Salmon, where the Scots Pint of wine did cost but three half-pence. 1737 (title) An Act for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vii. 202 What say ye to anither pot? or shall we cry in a blythe Scots pint at ance? 1890 J. Colston Edinb. & District Water Supply ii. 12 These springs originally..were estimated to discharge into the cistern from 800 to 900 Scots pints of water per minute. 1983 Eighteenth-cent. Stud. 16 444 Commodity prices ran as follows:..aqua vitae, 1/5/0 per 20 Scots pints. Scots stone n. now historical and rare a measure of weight equal to approx. 22 pounds (10 kg); cf. Scotch stone n. (b) at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.Varying with different commodities: cf. stone n. 14a. ΚΠ 1641 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Rec. Coinage Scotl. (1876) I. Introd. 30 The king hes vpon the coinage of euerie Scots staine of siluer bulyion 64 li. 1750 J. Mackenzie Gen. Grievances & Oppress. Isles Orknay & Shetland i. ii. 55 Standard-weight (or Scots Stone) of 16 libs. 1810 Farmer's Mag. June 212 One and a half Scots stones, or thirty-three pounds weight. 1995 E. Gemmill & N. Mayhew Changing Values Medieval Scotl. 404 Although the Scots sack contained only 24 stones, it was almost exactly the same weight as the English sack, if the Scots stone for wool contained 15 rather than 14 pounds. Scots troy n. now historical and rare (also Scots troy weight) a system of weights formerly used in Scotland, chiefly for precious metals and stones (see troy n.² a); chiefly attributive and as postmodifier, designating weights of this system. ΚΠ 1682 Rep. Commissioners Tryal Mint Scotl. (1691) 23 The Dean of Gild's Weights of Edinburgh, which are heavier than the Scots Troy weight. 1745 in tr. D. Gregory Treat. Pract. Geom. 152 The Scots Troy pound..is commonly supposed equal to 15¾ ounces English Troy. c1792 Encycl. Brit. X. 718/1 It was enacted by..James VI that it [sc. the pint] should contain 55 Scots Troy ounces of the clear water of Leith. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. II. 597/2 What is called Scots Troy, in our times, is the same with Dutch weight. 1892 D. G. Barron Court Bk. Barony of Urie in Kincardineshire 1604–1747 106 A stone Scots Troy, or Dutch weight, as it was also termed, consisted of 17½ pounds avoirdupois. 1995 E. Gemmill & N. Mayhew Changing Values Medieval Scotl. iv. 142 The 250 pounds Scots Troy is equivalent to just over 355 pounds Tower. C3. † Scots catch n. Obsolete rare = Scotch snap n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2; cf. also later Scotch catch n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > short note followed by long Scots catch1789 Scots snap1789 Scotch snap1824 Scotch catch1842 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 457 There was at this time too much of the Scots catch, or cutting short of the first two notes in a melody. Scots coal n. now chiefly historical = Scotch coal n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo vii. 80 Scots-coale, Wheat, Barley, and all kind of graines in both Kingdomes. 1793 Earl of Dundonald Descr. Estate Culross 53 Scots Coal and Wax Tapers forming two of the indispensably necessary attendants of Drums, Routs, and Squeezes. 1812 E. Wakefield Acct. Ireland I. 612 In general, there are three kinds of coal: first, what is commonly denominated Scots coal, though improperly, as it is found at Limmington in Warwickshire, and in many other places. 2002 J. Hatcher Hist. Brit. Coal Industry I. v. 111 He maintained that the duty on Scots coal was excessive compared with that from Newcastle. Scots collops n. now chiefly historical = Scotch collops n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > steak dishes Scots collops1657 Scotch collops1664 porterhouse steak1842 Chateaubriand1877 plank steak1904 steak tartare1911 churrasco1917 Swiss steak1932 tournedos Rossini1937 pepper steak1939 cheesesteak1941 steak au poivre1953 steak Diane1957 carpet-bag steak1958 peppered steak1960 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes langue de boeuf1381 sawgeatc1390 pome-garneza1450 olive1598 potato pie1600 capilotade1611 carbonade1651 beef à la mode1653 Scots collops1657 Scotch collops1664 galantine1702 grenadine1706 scotched collops1708 à la mode beef1723 miroton1725 German duck1785 cottage pie1791 chartreuse1806 timbale1824 sanders1827 rognon1828 rolliche1830 schalet1846 old thing1848 Brunswick stew1855 scrapple1855 moussaka1862 cannelon1875 crépinette1877 shepherd's pie1877 chop suey1888 estouffade1889 noisette1891 chaudfroid1892 patty1904 boeuf bourguignon1915 sukiyaki1920 bœuf stroganoff1932 bœuf1936 flauta1938 rumaki1941 rendang1948 pastitsio1950 keema1955 bulgogi1958 moo shu1962 Melba1964 shabu-shabu1970 carpaccio1974 al pastor1977 gosht1982 parmo1999 parmesan2003 beef stroganof- 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 38 A dish of Scots Collips of a legge of Porke. 1735 Gentleman's Compan. & Tradesman's Delight 161 To make Scots Collops. Cut very thin slices of Veal and half fry them in very good fresh Butter..; when it is fried enough thicken the Sauce with Yolks of Eggs, and squeeze in it the Juice of a Lemon. 1830 Mrs. Dalgairns Pract. Cookery (ed. 3) 85 Scots Collops. Cut any piece of tender lean beef into slices. 1907 J. Colville in Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps 1737–9 250 In England collops are frequently used unminced, which may account for the expression ‘Scots collops’. 2008 Providence (Rhode Island) (Nexis) 20 Nov. d2 The event includes preparing a meal the old-fashioned way..and eating by candlelight... The menu will include..Scots collops (a beef dish). Scots elm n. = Scotch elm n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 4. ΚΠ a1735 Earl of Haddington Short Treat. Forest-trees 9 in J. G. Reid Scots Gardiner (1756) I shall begin with that which hath grown long in this country, and is called the Scots Elm. 1899 Gardeners' Chron. 6 May 282/3 Of ten Scots Elms, the largest is 20 feet 7 ins. 1960 Times 22 Feb. 9/6 In the more mountainous North the common English elm is replaced by the wych or Scots elm, an equally beautiful but quite different species. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 11 Ones that aren't bad are: Scots elm, spruce, silver fir, sweet chestnut and Cambrian pine. † Scots goose n. Obsolete rare = Scotch goose n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta leucopsis (barnacle goose) barnaclea1227 tree-goose1597 bar-goose1606 Scots goose1668 barnacle goose1840 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 98 Anser Bernicla, the Barnacle, or Scots-goose. Scots mist = Scotch mist n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > very wet mist Scottish mist1589 Scotch mist1639 Scots mist1648 dag- 1648 (title) The Scots mist, Yet gathering To wet English-men to the skinne. 1718 Tales of Tories 13 We came to Kelso half drowned with the Rain that fell, which the People call a Scots Mist. 1828 London Lit. Gaz. 12 Jan. 20/2 A Scots mist comes over the hills, and all sporting is at an end. 1915–9 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War XX. cxli. 107 It rained incessantly—sometimes clearing to a drizzle or a Scots mist, but relapsing into a downpour on any day fixed for our attack. 2006 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 6 June 35 The occasional patches of Scots mist helped keep participants cool as they tackled the 3.8km undulating course. Scots plough n. now historical a type of swing plough, made chiefly (sometimes wholly) from wood, and drawn by a team of up to eight horses or oxen (also more fully old Scots plough); (also) a lighter type of swing plough which can be drawn by two horses, esp. one made entirely from cast iron; cf. Scotch plough n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. v. 178 This position of the sheath makes the Scots plough improper for hoeing, as the earth that falls to the left, buries the young plants in the rows. 1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides & Highlands Scotl. I. iii. 124 For all the land already in tillage, the light Scots plough for two horses, as improved in many places, is the proper instrument. 1815 Edinb. Rev. Nov. 90 James Small, an ingenious mechanic... To his skilful alterations on the old Scots plough we are indebted for the present well-constructed implement drawn by two horses. 1957 E. E. Evans in T. W. Moody & J. C. Beckett Ulster since 1800 2nd Ser. vi. 62 The Scots plough—the iron swing-plough patented by James Small. 1979 I. D. Whyte Agric. & Society in 17th-cent. Scotl. iii. 71 The use of the heavy plough, known in later times as the Old Scots Plough. 2003 J. Repcheck Man who found Time vi. 110 The Scots plough..was large, heavy, and made completely of wood. It required a team of at least six horses or oxen, and three men to handle. Scots Sea n. now historical and rare = Scottish Sea n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3.In quot. ?a1400 perhaps = Scotch Sea n. (a) at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2. ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 316 (MED) Alle com to Carlele to conseil how were best To passe þe Scottis se wele. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ix. l. 310 The king..thocht sone to mak all fre Yat wes on ye north halff ye Scottis se. ?1594 J. Monipennie Certaine Matters sig. F By North those borders from the Scots sea to the Ireland sea. 1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 34 And by The Scottis Sea, is mean'd here, The Water of Forth. 1739 D. Stewart Hist. & Geneal. Acc. Royal Family Scotl. i. iv. 70 Their Heirs should hold all the Possessions benorth the Scots Sea, viz. Forth, of the Crown of England. 1846 Polit. Dict. II. 158/1 The term ‘Scotland’..designated..not the whole territory of the realm, but that part only which lay north of the Forth, or Scots sea, as it was called. 2007 K. Givens Rivals for Crown 400 The wooden bridge.., the only passage over the area called the Scots Sea, for the Forth was tidal even this far inland. Scots snap n. Music = Scotch snap n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > short note followed by long Scots catch1789 Scots snap1789 Scotch snap1824 Scotch catch1842 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 472 The Scots snap seems to have been contagious in that school [sc. the Neapolitan] at this time. 1892 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 3rd Ser. 2 390 The strathspey ‘The Miller's Wedding’, served up with the true Scots snap. 1928 Musical Times Nov. 1002/1 Hubert Middleton's ‘Marching Song’..has the Scots snap, and so needs brightness and precision. 2001 R. Holmes & T. M. Volk World on String 88/1 The Scots snap is the key to playing a strathspey. Try practicing the snap on open strings or scales before beginning the piece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1346
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