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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
     Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
     inhabitants; Scottish.
  
     Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
        
  
     Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

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