[skɒtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- decisively put an end to
(e.g: a spokesman has scotched the rumours)

- wedge (someone or something) somewhere
(e.g: he soon scotched himself against a wall)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (as a noun): of unknown origin. The sense ‘put an end to’ (mid 17th century) results from the influence on this of the notion of wedging or blocking something so as to render it inoperative

[skɒtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wedge placed under a wheel or other rolling object to prevent it moving or slipping


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (as a noun): of unknown origin. The sense ‘put an end to’ (mid 17th century) results from the influence on this of the notion of wedging or blocking something so as to render it inoperative

[skɒtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut or score the skin or surface of
(e.g: scotch with your knife the back of the Carp)

- render (something regarded as dangerous) temporarily harmless
(e.g: feudal power in France was scotched, though far from killed)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French escocher ‘pierce (skin)’, from escoche ‘notch’, based on Old French coche ‘notch’. The sense ‘render temporarily harmless’ is based on an emendation of Shakespeare's Macbeth ii. 13 as ‘We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it’, understood by an 18th-century editor as a use of scotch, but in fact a misreading for scorch

[skɒtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cut or score in skin or another surface
(e.g: a scotch in his face)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French escocher ‘pierce (skin)’, from escoche ‘notch’, based on Old French coche ‘notch’. The sense ‘render temporarily harmless’ is based on an emendation of Shakespeare's Macbeth ii. 13 as ‘We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it’, understood by an 18th-century editor as a use of scotch, but in fact a misreading for scorch

[skɒtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:

- the people of Scotland

- the form of English spoken in Scotland


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in Scotchman): contraction of Scottish

[skɒtʃ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Scottish
(e.g: a Scotch plaid scarf)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in Scotchman): contraction of Scottish