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From Middle English scot, scott, from Old English scot, scott, sċeot, ġescot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”), related to English shoot. Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. Doublet of shot.

• IPA^(key): /skɒt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

scot (plural scots)

1. (UK, historical) A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

• Rome-scot
• scotale
• scot and lot
• scot-free

• churchscot
• escot
• lightscot
• shot
• shout
• scot-free

• C.O.T.S., COTS, CSTO, CTOs, Cost, OCTS, OSTC, TOCs, cost, cots

• scotu

From Vulgar Latin *excotō, from Latin excutiō. Compare Romanian scoate, scot.

scot first-singular present indicative (past participle scoasã or scose)

1. to remove, take out
2. to wrest, wrench, snatch
3. to show, present

• scoatiri / scoatire
• scuteri
• scos
• niscos
• niscoasã / niscose

scot m (genitive singular scoit, nominative plural scoit)

1. scot, reckoning
2. picnic party (on raided food)

• scott, scoth

From Old English scot, scott, sċeot, ġescot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”). Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin.

• IPA^(key): /skɔt/

scot (plural scotes)

1. payment
2. tax, contribution

• English: scot

• “scot, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• sċēot

From Proto-Germanic *skutą. Cognate with Old Frisian skot, Old Saxon sīlscot, Old High German scoz (German Schoß), Old Norse skot.

• IPA^(key): /ʃot/

sċot n (nominative plural sċot)

1. shot, act of shooting
2. missile, shot
3. darting, rapid movement

Strong a-stem:

• English: shot

scot

1. inflection of scoate:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative