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English Dictionary: Scots by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scots
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'"
    Synonym(s): Scots, Scottish, Scotch
n
  1. the dialect of English used in Scotland [syn: Scottish, Scots, Scots English]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scots \Scots\, a. [For older Scottis Scottish. See {Scottish}.]
      Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots
      law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).
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