SCORZONERA, skor-z[=o]-n[=e]'ra, _n._ a genus of Old World herbs of the
Aster family--_Viper's Grass_. [It., _scorza_, bark, _nera_, black, fem. of
_nero_--L. _niger_, black.]
SCOT, skot, _n._ a payment, esp. a customary tax--also SHOT.--_adj._
SCOT'-FREE, free from scot or payment: untaxed: unhurt, safe.--SCOT AND
LOT, an old legal phrase embracing all parochial assessments for the poor,
the church, lighting, cleansing, and watching. [A.S. _scot_,
_sceot_--_scéotan_, to shoot.]
SCOT, skot, _n._ a native of _Scotland_: one of the Scoti or Scots, a
Celtic race who migrated from Ireland--the original _Scotia_--before the
end of the 5th century.--_n._ SC[=O]'TIA, Scotland.--SCOTS GREYS, a famous
regiment of dragoons, established in 1683; SCOTS GUARDS, the Scottish force
which served the kings of France from 1418 down to the battle of Minden
(1759), nominally retained, however, down to 1830: a well-known regiment of
Guards in the British army, formerly Scots Fusiliers.--POUND SCOTS, 1s. 8d.
[A.S. _Scottas_, the Scots. Further ety. quite uncertain, whether Gael.
_sguit_, a wanderer, Gr. _Skyth[=e]s_, a Scythian, &c.]
SCOTCH, skoch, _adj._ pertaining to _Scotland_, its people, language,
customs, products, &c.--also SCOT'TISH, SCOTS.--_n._ the dialect of English
spoken in Lowland Scotland: (_coll._) Scotch whisky.--_ns._ SCOTCH'-HOP, a
child's game: hop-scotch; SCOTCH'MAN, SCOTS'MAN, a native of
Scotland.--SCOTCH AMULET, a British geometrid moth; SCOTCH AND ENGLISH, the
boys' game of prisoner's base; SCOTCH BARLEY, pot or hulled barley; SCOTCH
BLUEBELL, the harebell; SCOTCH BONNETS, the fairy-ring mushroom; SCOTCH
BROTH, broth made with pot-barley and plenty of various vegetables chopped
small; SCOTCH CAP, the wild black raspberry; SCOTCH CATCH, or SNAP, the
peculiarity in Scotch music of the first of two tones played to the same
beat being the shorter; SCOTCH CURLIES, a variety of kale; SCOTCH FIR, or
PINE, the only species of pine indigenous to Britain, valuable for its
timber, turpentine, tar, &c.; SCOTCH KALE, a variety of kale; SCOTCH MIST,
a mist like fine rain; SCOTCH PEBBLES, varieties of agate and jasper;
SCOTCH THISTLE, the national emblem of Scotland.
SCOTCH, skoch, _v.t._ to cut or wound slightly: to notch.--_n._ a notch,
scratch.--_n._ SCOTCH'ING, a method of dressing stone with a
pick.--SCOTCHED-COLLOPS, or (erroneously) SCOTCH-COLLOPS, beef-steaks fried
with onions. [Related to _scutch_, _scratch_.]
SCOTCH, skoch, _n._ a strut or drag for a wheel.--_v.t._ to prop or block
with such.--_n._ SCOTE, a prop.--_v.t._ to stop or block.
SCOTER, sk[=o]'t[.e]r, _n._ a genus of northern sea-ducks, with bill
gibbous at the base. [Prob. Ice. _skoti_--_skjóta_, to shoot.]
SCOTIA, sk[=o]'ti-a, _n._ a concave moulding, as the base of a pillar. [Gr.
_skotia_,--_skotos_, darkness.]
SCOTICE, skot'i-s[=e], _adv._ in the Scotch language or manner.--_n._
SCOT'ICISM=_Scotticism_.
SCOTISM, sk[=o]'tizm, _n._ the metaphysical system of Johannes Duns
_Scotus_, a native of Dunstane in Northumberland, Dun or Down in the north
of Ireland, or Dunse in Berwickshire (1265 or 1274-1308), the great
assailant of the method of Aquinas in seeking in speculation instead of in
practice the foundation of Christian theology--his theological descendants
were the Franciscans, in opposition to the Dominicans, who followed
Aquinas.--_n._ SC[=O]'TIST, a follower of Duns Scotus.--_adj._ SCOTIS'TIC.
SCOTOGRAPH, skot'[=o]-graf, _n._ an instrument for writing in the dark, or
for the use of the blind.--_ns._ SCOT[=O]'MA, a defect in the vision
(_obs._ SCOT'OMY); SCOT'OPHIS, a genus of carinated serpents of North
America; SCOTOR'NIS, a genus of African birds with very long tails;
SCOT'OSCOPE, a night-glass. [Gr. _skotos_, darkness, _graphein_, to write.]
SCOTTICISM, skot'i-sizm, _n._ a Scotch idiom.--_v.t._ SCOTT'ICISE.--_n._
SCOTTIFIC[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ SCOTT'IFY (_coll._), to give Scotch character
to.
SCOUNDREL, skown'drel, _n._ a low worthless fellow: a rascal: a man without
principle.--_ns._ SCOUN'DRELDOM, scoundrels collectively; SCOUN'DRELISM,
baseness, rascality.--_adv._ SCOUN'DRELLY. [For _scunner-el_, one who
scunners, or who causes scunnering--A.S. _scunian_, to shun.]