scotch¹ /skoch/

1. To frustrate, put an end to
2. To quash
3. To maim, to render harmless by crippling (without killing)
4. To gash (obsolete)
5. To score
6. (from Theobald's conjecture in Macbeth; see scorch²)

1. A gash (obsolete)
2. A line marked on the ground (as for hopscotch)

scotch² /skoch/

A strut, wedge, block, etc, to prevent turning or slipping, as of a wheel, gate, ladder

1. To stop or block
2. To frustrate (plans, etc)

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