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scotch

/skɑt͡ʃ/ verbo C2

En español: frustrar, cortar, desmentir

  1. To cut or score; to wound superficially. (transitive)
  2. To prevent (something) from being successful. (transitive) · The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.
  3. To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor. (transitive) · The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
  4. To block a wheel or other round object. (transitive) · The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
  5. To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument. (transitive)
  6. To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads. (transitive)

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De la biblioteca

Now his practical Scotch intelligence brought him back with a snap to the matter in hand.
The Valley of Fear, p. 17 · C1
MacDonald shook his obstinate Scotch head.
The Valley of Fear, p. 36 · C1
There were rosy bleeding-hearts and great splendid crimson peonies; white, fragrant narcissi and thorny, sweet Scotch roses; pink and blue and white columbines and lilac-tinted Bouncing Bets; clumps of southernwood and ribbon grass and mint; purple Adam-and-Eve, daffodils, and masses of sweet clover white with its delicate, fragrant, feathery sprays; scarlet lightning that shot its fiery lances over prim white musk-flowers; a garden it was where sunshine lingered and bees hummed, and winds, beguiled into loitering, purred and rustled.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 83 · C1
Bertha Sampson and Pearl Clay of the White Sands Baptist choir had been asked to sing a duet; Milton Clark of Newbridge was to give a violin solo; Winnie Adella Blair of Carmody was to sing a Scotch ballad; and Laura Spencer of Spencervale and Anne Shirley of Avonlea were to recite.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 276 · C1

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