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noun

Scotchman n. (pl. scotchmen)

A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.

(Naut.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

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Etymology of 'Scotchman'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scotchman" Quotes from Famous Books

... Wars with the Natchez and Chickasaws {225} had been constant. Crozat's experiment had been followed by the establishment of the Mississippi or Western Company, which was to develop gold mines, that never existed except in the imaginations of its reckless promoter, John Law, a Scotchman. When the Mississippi bubble burst, and so many thousands were ruined in France, Louisiana still continued under the control of the company, which was eventually obliged to give up its charter after heavy expenditures which had produced very small results, and the colony became a royal ...

— Canada • J. G. Bourinot

... week of May, Sir Walter Raleigh was informed by the Council that the King had chosen Sir Thomas Erskine to be Captain of the Guard. It was the most natural thing in the world that James should select an old friend and a Scotchman for this confidential post, and Raleigh, as the Council Book records, 'in a very humble manner did submit himself.' To show that no injury to his fortunes was intended, the King was pleased to remit the tax of 300l. a year which Elizabeth had charged ...

— Raleigh • Edmund Gosse

... in very great astonishment, "but we will not sail with the devil; and who ever saw a negro Scotchman before, the spirit of Nicol Jarvie conjured into ...

— Great Pirate Stories • Various

... he said he had been present at one hanging at Tyburn, but that was of a debaser of coins. But a friend of his, said he, had seen four traitors hanged, drawn, and quartered; of whom he knew the names of three. But the other, thought to be a Scotchman or Irishman, ...

— Sir Ludar - A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess • Talbot Baines Reed

... S. Bisset as a trainer of animals. Among the earliest of his trials, this Scotchman took two monkeys as pupils. One of these he taught to dance and tumble on the rope, whilst the other held a candle with one paw for his companion, and with the other played a barrel organ. These animals he also instructed ...

— Heads and Tales • Various

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