Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCOTCH
SCOTCHSCOTCH'-COL-LOPS, or SCOTCH'ED-COL-LOPS
SCOTCH, v.t. [Qu. Arm. sqeigea, or Sax. sceadan. This can not be from Fr. ecorcher, to flay or peel; ecorce, bark.]
To cut with shallow incisions. [Obs.] – Shak.
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