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

fiddle /fidˈl/

noun

1. A violin, esp when used to play folk music
2. Extended (informal) to any violin
3. Extended to similar instruments such as bass fiddle
4. A violin player
5. A raised rim round a table to keep dishes from sliding off it (nautical)
6. A swindle, esp petty (informal)
7. A manually delicate or tricky operation

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To play on a fiddle

transitive verb

1. To swindle
2. To falsify (records, accounts, etc)

intransitive verb

1. To trifle or idle (with about or around)
2. To handle things aimlessly (with with)

fiddˈler noun

1. A violinist (informal)
2. A trifler
3. A swindler
4. (also fiddler crab) a small crab of the genus Uca or Gelasimus, from the movements of its enlarged claw

fiddˈling adjective

1. Trifling
2. Fiddly

fiddˈly adjective

1. Time-consuming
2. Difficult to handle or do because requiring delicate movements of the fingers

fiddˈle-back noun

1. The fiddle-shaped front of a chasuble
2. A chair with a fiddle-shaped back

fiddˈleback noun

A wavy grain found in some woods commonly used for the manufacture of violins, and also in woods used for other purposes (also adjective)

fiddle block noun (nautical)

A block having two sheaves of different diameters one above the other

fiddˈle-bow noun

A bow strung with horsehair, with which the strings of the fiddle are played

fiddˈle-de-dee interjection (archaic)

Nonsense

fiddˈle-faddle intransitive verb

To trifle or idle

noun

Trifling talk or behaviour

adjective

Fussy, trifling

interjection

Nonsense

fiddˈle-faddler noun

fiddˈle-faddling adjective

fiddˈlehead noun

1. An ornament at a ship's bow, over the prow or cutwater, consisting of a scroll turning aft or inward
2. The edible coiled frond of certain ferns (N American)

fiddle pattern noun

A design of cutlery involving a violin-shaped handle

fiddˈle-pattern adjective

fiddler's green noun

The sailors' heaven, full of wine, women and song

fiddler's money noun (archaic)

Small coins, such as sixpences

fiddˈlestick noun

1. A violin bow (informal)
2. A mere nothing, a trifle (derisive)

fiddˈlesticks or fiddˈlestick interjection

Nonsense

fiddˈle-string noun

A string for a fiddle

fiddˈlewood noun

(the valuable hard wood of) a tropical American tree (genus Citharexylum; family Verbenaceae)

a face like a fiddle

A long or dismal face

as fit as a fiddle (informal)

In the best of condition

fiddle while Rome burns

To occupy oneself with trifles during a crisis

on the fiddle

Involved in swindling

play first or second fiddle

1. To act as a first violin or a second violin player in an orchestra
2. To take a leading, or (esp unwillingly) a subordinate, part in anything

Scotch fiddle (archaic sl)

Scabies (from the motion of the fingers against the palm)