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单词 Scotch elm
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Scotch /skoch/

adjective
  1. Of or belonging to Scotland or the Scots, a form regarded as incorrect by many Scots, who prefer Scottish or Scots
  2. Applied to products or supposed products of Scotland, esp whisky
  3. Having the character popularly attributed to a Scotsman, an excessive leaning towards defence of oneself and one's property (derog inf)
noun
  1. Scotch whisky, or a glass of it
  2. The Scots language
  3. (as pl) the Scots
ORIGIN: From Scottish

Scotchˈness noun

Scotˈchy noun

A nickname for a Scot

adjective

Having Scottish characteristics

Scotch and English noun

Prisoners' base (qv under prison)

Scotch attorney noun (W Indies)

A climber (genus Clusia) that strangles trees

Scotch barley noun

Hulled barley

Scotch bluebell noun

The harebell

Scotch bonnet noun

  1. A round flat blue woollen cap with a tuft on the top
  2. The fairy-ring mushroom
  3. The hottest variety of capsicum pepper, used in Mexican, N American and Caribbean cooking (also called habañero)

Scotch broth noun

Broth made with pearl barley, mutton or beef stock and plenty of various vegetables chopped small

Scotch cart noun (S Afr; archaic)

A strong, springless, two-wheeled uncovered farm cart with one shaft

Scotch catch or Scotch snap noun (music)

A short accented note followed by a longer, not peculiar to Scottish music

Scotch collops plural noun

Minced beef (sometimes called scotched collops)

Scotch cuddy noun (Scot cuddy a donkey; archaic)

A Scotch draper

Scotch curlies plural noun

A variety of kale

Scotch draper noun (archaic)

  1. An itinerant dealer differing from a pedlar in not carrying his goods about with him
  2. An itinerant draper (also Scotch cuddy)

Scotch egg noun

A hard-boiled egg (often cut in two) enclosed in sausage-meat and covered with breadcrumbs

Scotch elm noun

  1. The wych-elm (Ulmus montana)
  2. Sometimes the common English elm (Ulmus campestris)

Scotch fiddle noun (archaic)

Scabies (from the movements of the fingers when scratching)

Scotch fir noun

Scots pine (see under Scots)

Scotch hand noun

A wooden bat for manipulating butter

Scotch-Irˈish adjective and plural noun (US)

Irish of Scottish descent

Scotch kale noun

A variety of kale

Scotchˈman noun

  1. A Scotsman
  2. An old South African name for a florin (from a tradition that a Scotsman passed such coins off to the native people as half-crowns)

Scotch mist noun

  1. A fine rain
  2. Something insubstantial, a phantom (usu ironic)

Scotch pancake noun

A drop scone

Scotch pebble noun

An agate or similar stone

Scotch pine noun

Scots pine (see under Scots)

Scotch rose noun

The burnet rose (Rosa spinosissima)

Scotch snap noun

A Scotch catch (see above)

Scotch terrier noun

A rough-haired, strongly-built little dog with erect ears (also Scottish terrier, Scottie, Scotty)

Scotch thistle noun

The cotton thistle, national emblem of Scotland (not native)

Scotch verdict noun

Not proven

Scotchˈwoman noun

A Scotswoman

Scotch woodcock noun

Scrambled eggs and anchovies on toast

wych, wich or witch /wich/

noun and combining form

A tree with pliant branches, such as the rowan

ORIGIN: OE wice, related to wīcan to give way

wychˈ-alder noun

Any of a genus of N American shrubs related to the witch-hazel

wychˈ-elm noun

A common wild elm, also called Scotch elm or witch-hazel

wychˈ-hazel a less common spelling of witch-hazel
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