From Middle English *Scoche (attested in Scocheman, whence Scotchman), a contraction of Scottisch, whence Scottish. The chess opening is supposedly named after a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England. Doublet of Scottish, Scots, and schottische.
Meanings
(dated, not-comparable) Of or from Scotland; Scottish.
Behind all his assumed unsocialism there lay a true warm heart; nor could anything be kindlier than the welcome which, whenever they did come to him, any of his Scotch relatives received. 1801, William Hanna, Memoirs of the life and writings of Thomas Chalmers, page 422:
our landlord informed us, with a sort of apologetic tone, that there was a Scotch gentleman to dine with us. 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
From Middle English *Scoche (attested in Scocheman, whence Scotchman), a contraction of Scottisch, whence Scottish. The chess opening is supposedly named after a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England. Doublet of Scottish, Scots, and schottische.
Meanings
(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.
nn skotsk whisky (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ru шотла́ндское ви́ски (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ko 스카치 (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · pl szkocka (any variety of Scotch whisky) · fi skottiviski (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ru шотла́ндский ви́ски (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ja スコッチウィスキー (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · tl eskoses (any variety of Scotch whisky) · hy սկոտչ (any variety of Scotch whisky) · fr scotch (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ga fuisce na hAlban (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ga uisce beatha Albanach (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · mr स्कॉच (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ru скотч (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · ro scotch (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · pl szkocka (glass of Scotch whisky) · cmn 蘇格蘭威士忌 /苏格兰威士忌 (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · tl eskoses (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · pl szkocka (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · de Scotch (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · nb skotsk whisky (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland) · yi סקאַטש (uncountable: whisky made in Scotland)
From Middle English *Scoche (attested in Scocheman, whence Scotchman), a contraction of Scottisch, whence Scottish. The chess opening is supposedly named after a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England. Doublet of Scottish, Scots, and schottische.
Meanings
(dated) The Scots language.
But Rob was just saying what a shame it was that folk should be shamed nowadays to speak Scotch – or they called it Scots if they did, the split-tongued sourocks! 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 156: