n. [ from the fashionable clothjing worn at the Ascot races. ] a cravat with wide square ends, tied so that the ends are laid flat; the ends are often secured with an ornamental pin; -- called cravat in Britain. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. biscotin. See Biscuit. ] A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] See Scot, a tax. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Through French fr. Pr. mascot a little sorcerer or magician, mascotto witchcraft, sorcery. ] 1. A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Anything that brings good luck; especially, an animal kept by a group, as a sports team, to serve as a symbol and to bring luck. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ or . See Peter pence, under Peter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A name for a horse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. Skoti, pl., AS. Scotta, pl. Skottas, Sceottas. ] A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. skot; or OF. escot, F. écot, LL. scottum, scotum, from a kindred German word; akin to AS. scot, and E. shot, shoot; cf. AS. sceótan to shoot, to contribute. See Shoot, and cf. Shot. ] A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scot and lot, formerly, a parish assessment laid on subjects according to their ability. [ Eng. ] Cowell. Now, a phrase for obligations of every kind regarded collectivelly. [ 1913 Webster ] Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Scot + ale. ] (O. Eng. Law) The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Scottish. ] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom. --
Scotch dipper, or
Scotch duck (Zool.), the bufflehead; -- called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman. --
Scotch fiddle, the itch. [ Low ] Sir W. Scott. --
Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. --
Scotch nightingale (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
Scotch pebble. See under pebble. --
Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir. --
Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordon acanthium); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Collectively, the people of Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scotched p. pr. & vb. n. Scotching. ] [ Cf. Prov. E. scote a prop, and Walloon ascot a prop, ascoter to prop, F. accoter, also Armor. skoaz the shoulder, skoazia to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W. ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Cf. Scoat. ] [ Written also scoatch, scoat. ] To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Probably the same word as scutch; cf. Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E. shake. ] To cut superficially; to wound; to score. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have scotched the snake, not killed it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scotched collops (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also Scotch collops. [ Written also scotcht collops. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A slight cut or incision; a score. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hopscotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Masonry) Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Scotchmen 1. A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Freemasonry) The ceremonial observed by one of the
Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite; also, the system itself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly identical with those of the York rite. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Zool.) One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the velvet, or double, scoter (Oidemia fusca). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter (Oidemia Deglandi), called also velvet duck, white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the black scoter (Oidemia Americana), called also black coot, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter, or surf duck (Oidemia perspicillata), called also baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead, pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are collectively called also coots. The females and young are called gray coots, and brown coots. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe or cover up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness. ] (Arch.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] Scotland [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sko`tos darkness + -graph. ] An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing. Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) Scotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. scotomia, from Gr. &unr_; dizziness, fr. &unr_; to darken, fr. sko`tos darkness: cf. F. scotomie. ] 1. Dizziness with dimness of sight. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sko`tos darkness + -scope. ] An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish. ] Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Scotchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a. ] Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Zool.) Same as Scotch terrier. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot, shoot). ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Oaken timber or boarding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wainscoting. ] To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork. [ 1913 Webster ]