Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCOT, or SCOTCH, v.t. [Arm. scoaz, the shoulder, whence scoazya, to shoulder up, to prop, to support; W. ysgwyz, a shoulder; ysgwyzaw, to shoulder, which is said to be from cwyz, a fall.]

To support, as a wheel, by placing some obstacle to prevent its rolling. Our wagoners and cartmen scot the wheels of their wagons and carts, when in ascending a hill they stop to give their team rest, or for other purpose. In Connecticut, have generally heard this word pronounced scot, in Massachusetts, scotch.