scot : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a native of the Highlands of Scotland
  Highlander; Scottish Highlander.
  

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• noun a native of the Lowlands of Scotland
  Lowlander; Scottish Lowlander.
  

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• noun queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587)
  Mary Stuart.
  

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• noun obligations of all kinds taken as a whole
  

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• formerly, a parish assessment laid on subjects according to their ability. Eng. Cowell. Now, a phrase for obligations of every kind regarded collectivelly.

  Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along. Emerson.

Webster 1913

• adverb free from harm or penalty
  
  • he went scot-free

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Scot"-free" adjective

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1. Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.

   Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott.

   Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang.

Webster 1913

• noun the dialect of English used in Scotland
  Scots; Scottish.
  

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• noun the Gaelic of Scotland
  Scottish Gaelic.
  

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• noun common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
  ling; broom; heather; Calluna vulgaris.
  

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• noun medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
  Scotch fir; Scotch pine; Pinus sylvestris.
  

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Webster 1913

• to pay taxes according to one's ability. See Scot.

Webster 1913