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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Scotching (0.01957 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to Scotching.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: scotch
scotch, wiski
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: scotch
scotch
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Scotch
Scotch
adj 1: 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'" [syn:
Scots,
Scottish]
2: avoiding waste;
“an economical meal”;
“an economical
shopper”;
“a frugal farmer”;
“a frugal lunch”;
“a sparing
father and a spending son”;
“sparing in their use of heat
and light”;
“stinting in bestowing gifts”;
“thrifty
because they remember the great Depression”; "`scotch' is
used only informally" [syn:
economical,
frugal,
sparing,
stinting]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scotching
Scotch
\Scotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scotched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scotching.] [Cf. Prov. E. scote a prop, and Walloon ascot a
prop, ascoter to prop, F. accoter, also Armor. skoaz the
shoulder, skoazia to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W.
ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Cf.
Scoat.]
[Written also
scoatch,
scoat.]
To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc.,
as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.
[1913 Webster]
Scotching
\Scotch"ing\, n. (Masonry)
Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.
[1913 Webster]
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