Search Result for "scotchman":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland;
[syn: Scot, Scotsman, Scotchman]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scotch \Scotch\, 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]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scotchman \Scotch"man\, 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]
