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scotching
scotch 1 S0157700 (skŏch)tr.v. scotched, scotch·ing, scotch·es 1. To put an abrupt end to: The prime minister scotched the rumors of her illness with a public appearance.2. To injure so as to render harmless: "Would that the hour were come! We will not scotch, but kill" (George Gordon, Lord Byron).3. Archaic To cut or score: "He scotched him and notched him like a carbonado" (William Shakespeare).n.1. A surface cut or abrasion.2. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
[Middle English scocchen, to cut, perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher, to notch : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + Old French coche, notch (probably from Latin coccum, scarlet oak berry, from Greek kokkos).]
scotch 2 S0157700 (skŏch)tr.v. scotched, scotch·ing, scotch·es To block (a wheel, for example) with a prop to prevent rolling or slipping.n. A block or wedge used as a prop behind or under an object likely to roll.
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Scotch S0157700 (skŏch)adj.1. Scottish. See Usage Note at Scottish.2. Offensive Frugal or stingy.n.1. (used with a pl. verb) The people of Scotland.2. Scots.3. Scotch whisky.
[Contraction of Scottish.]IdiomsSeescotchscotching
scutchingA method of finely dressing stone with a hammer, the head of which is composed of a bundle of steel points. |