Scot

skot, n. a payment, esp. a customary tax—also Shot .— adj. Scot′-free , free from scot or payment: untaxed: unhurt, safe.— Scot and lot , an old legal phrase embracing all parochial a e ments for the poor, the church, lighting, cleansing, and watching. [A.S. scot , sceot — scéotan , to shoot.]