scotoscope (skotoskop)

[ The Pepys . Diary, Aug. 13, 1664. Scots (skots), a. and n. [A contracted form of ME. Scott is, dial. form of Scottish: see Scottish, Scotch1.] I. a. Scotch; Scottish: as, Scots law; five pound Scots. [Scotch.] We think na on the lang Scots miles. Scots Grays. See gray, 4. Burns , Tam o' Shanter. II. n. The Scottish dialect. Scotsman (skots'man), n.; pl. Scotsmen (-men). A native of Scotland; a Scot. Also Scotch man. Scott1t, n. An obsolete spelling of Scot1. scott2+, n. An obsolete spelling of scot2. scott ering (skot'er-ing), n. [Verbal n. of *scotter, v., perhaps a var. of scatter.] The burning of a wad of pease-straw at the end of harvest. Bailey, 1731. [Prov. Eng.]