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Definitioner
Substantiv
- A surface cut or abrasion.
- Whisky of Scottish origin.
- Scotch tape
- A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
- A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
Verb
- (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.
- (transitive, Australian rhyming slang) to rape
- (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
- (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
- (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.
- (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
- (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
- (obsolete, transitive) To clothe or cover up.
Adjektiv
- Of Scottish origin.
Exempel
- He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home. And he was always aware of this fall of silence on his entry, the shutting off of life, the unwelcome.
- a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground
- We have scotched the snake, not killed it.
- The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.
- The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
- The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
- Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. http://www.google.com/patents?id=DXdGAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP3&vq=scotched&dq=scotching
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
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