Scots
[skɑts]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; 'Scots Gaelic'; 'the Scots community in New York'; '`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains''; '`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).
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Examples
- It is that which enables me to speak French so well: a gude Scots tongue always succeeds well at the French. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Charles Morrison in 1753, in the _Scots Magazine_, proposed a telegraph system of insulated wires with a corresponding number of characters to be signalled between two stations. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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