Scotch

:For other meanings, see Scottish (disambiguation) and Scots (disambiguation).

Other meanings

• A scotch is another name for a chock, a wedge which is placed under a wheel to stop it moving.
• To scotch is to quash, refute or defeat. This usage is derived entirely from a Shakespeare quotation: We have scotch'd the snake, not killed it (Macbeth; Act 3, Scene ii) which probably should read scorch.
• A scotch egg is a boiled egg served wrapped in sausage meat, then dipped in breadcrumbs, and fried.
• A scotch pancake is a small, often buttered, sweet pancake served as a teatime dessert
• Scotch Tape is a commercial brand name for a type of adhesive tape made by the 3M company. In the United Kingdom (including Scotland) such tape is generically known as Sellotape.
• Scotch mist is a term for something which does not exist.
• Scotch mist is also a cocktail whose main ingredient is whisky.
• Hopscotch is an English name for the children's game of peevers, where a bed is marked out with chalk lines on the pavement to form a series of squares and the children (usually girls) take turns to slide the peever (often a round stone or a shoe polish tin filled with sand) along the bed and then try to hop and jump from square to square to reach the peever without misstep. The Scotch in hopscotch means a slight surface cut - especially a notch that is made to keep a tally referring to the scratches made on the ground when marking the bed. The Romans also played hopscotch scotching the idea of it being a Scotch game.
• Butterscotch is a kind of hard toffee. The scotch has the same origin as in hopscotch. The toffee was notched, or scored, to make it easier to break into pieces.