SCOTCH (DISAMBIGUATION)

'Scotch' may refer to:

Contents

General

Food and Drink

Locations

Games

Slang

Materials and Goods

Music

Weather

General

★ Scotch, an adjective meaning 'of Scotland'. Scots use ''Scottish'' or ''Scots'' to describe people, reserving ''Scotch'' for inanimate things such as Scotch whisky or Scotch linen.

Food and Drink

★ Scotch whisky, a whisky made in Scotland - commonly abbreviated as "Scotch"

★ Scotch pancake, a small, often buttered, sweet pancake served as a teatime dessert

★ Scotch egg, a boiled egg served wrapped in sausage meat, then dipped in breadcrumbs, and fried

★ Scotch mist, a cocktail whose main ingredient is whisky. (Also see below for other meanings)

★ Butterscotch, 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

★ Scotch Ale, a type of strong ale found in Scotland and North East England. Scotch ales are normally strong, malty and dark in colour

Locations

★ Scotch Corner, a junction of the A1 road and the A66 road in North Yorkshire, England

★ Scotch College, the name of private schools associated with the Presbyterian Church and/or the Uniting Church, in Australia.

Games

★ Hopscotch (in Scotland, ''peevers''), a children's game 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

★ Scotch Game, a chess opening

Slang

★ ''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''

★ Scotch mist, a term for something which does not exist. (Also see above and below for other meanings)

Materials and Goods

★ ''scotch block'', another name for a , a wedge which is placed under a vehicle's wheel to stop it moving

★ Scotch Tape, a commercial brand name for a type of adhesive tape made by 3M

★ Scotch was also a brand name used by 3M until 1996 for recordable media such as audio cassettes and video cassettes.

Music

★ Scotch, an Italian disco/pop group during the 1980s, consisting of members Vince Lancini & Franz Felleti. Memorable hits include "Disco Band" and "Delirio Mind"

★ Scotch (band), a Russian emocore-band

Weather

★ Scotch Mist, a light, steady drizzle. (Also see above for other meanings)