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BiscotinBiscotin Bis"co*tin, n. [F. biscotin. See Biscuit.]
A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a
sweet biscuit. L ScoticusPtarmigan Ptar"mi*gan, n. [Gael. tarmachan; cf. Ir. tarmochan,
tarmonach.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species
are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the
species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white,
in winter.
Note: They chiefly inhabit the northern countries and high
mountains of Europe, Asia, and America. The common
European species is Lagopus mutus. The Scotch grouse,
red grouse, or moor fowl (L. Scoticus), is reddish
brown, and does not turn white in winter. The white, or
willow, ptarmigan (L. albus) is found in both Europe
and America. Lagopus ScoticusMoor Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r moor, morass; akin to D.
moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere.
See Mere a lake.]
1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and
having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and
abounding in peat; a heath.
In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
--Carew.
2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.
Moor buzzard (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.
Moor cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red
grouse of Europe.
Moor coot. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallinule.
Moor fowl. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse (Lagopus
Scoticus).
(b) The European heath grouse. See under Heath.
Moor game. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Moor fowl (above).
Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria
c[ae]rulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
Moor hawk (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier.
Moor hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The female of the moor fowl.
(b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See
Gallinule.
(c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).
Moor monkey (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo
(Macacus maurus).
Moor titling (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat
(Pratinocola rubicola). Lagopus ScoticusGrouse Grouse, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. after the analogy of
mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen:
cf. F. piegri[`e]che shrike.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the
family Tetraonid[ae], and subfamily Tetraonin[ae],
inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump
bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled
plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus),
having feathered feet.
Note: Among the European species are the red grouse (Lagopus
Scoticus) and the hazel grouse (Bonasa betulina).
See Capercaidzie, Ptarmigan, and Heath grouse.
Among the most important American species are the
ruffed grouse, or New England partridge (Bonasa
umbellus); the sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioc[ae]tes
phasianellus) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine
grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains;
the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge (D.
Canadensis). See also Prairie hen, and Sage cock.
The Old World sand grouse (Pterocles, etc.) belong to
a very different family. See Pterocletes, and Sand
grouse. Scotia
Scotia Sco"ti*a, n. [L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken
molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark
shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Arch.)
A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
Scotia
Scotia Sco"ti*a, n. [L.]
Scotland [Poetic]
O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! --Burns.
scotiaTrochilus Troch"i*lus, n.; pl. Trochili. [L. trochilus a
kind of small bird. Gr. ?, fr. ? to run.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the
known species.
(b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.
[Obs.]
(c) The crocodile bird.
2. (Arch.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like
the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia. ScotistScotist Sco"tist, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan
scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in
philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or
followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic. WainscotingWainscot Wain"scot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Wainscoting.]
To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork;
as, to wainscot a hall.
Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
hanged. --Bacon.
The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison. Wainscoting
Wainscoting Wain"scot*ing, n.
1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in
panel.
2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as
a whole; panelwork.
Meaning of Scoti from wikipedia
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Scoti or
Scotti is a
Latin name for the Gaels,
first attested in the late 3rd century. It
originally referred to all Gaels,
first those in
Ireland and...
- The
Scoti were Gaelic-speaking
people from
Ireland who
settled in
western Scotland in the 6th
century or before....
- the
flower of its youth,
never to return.
Raids by Saxons, Picts, and the
Scoti of
Ireland had been
ongoing in the late 4th century, but
these increased...
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Scotia is a
Latin placename derived from
Scoti, a
Latin name for the Gaels,
first attested in the late 3rd century. The
Romans referred to
Ireland as...
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while the
likes of
Tiree and Coll are much flatter.
Scotland comes from
Scoti, the
Latin name for the Gaels.
Philip Freeman has
speculated on the likelihood...
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Scotland takes its name from the
Latin word for 'Gael', Scotus,
plural Scoti (of
uncertain etymology).
Scotland originally meant Land of the
Gaels in...
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surname of
Scottish origin. It is
first attributed to
Uchtredus filius Scoti who is
mentioned in the
charter recording the
foundation of
Holyrood Abbey...
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indigenous to Scotland,
derived from the
Latin name of
Gaelic raiders, the
Scoti. Scot may also
refer to: MV Scot, a
Norwegian coaster Scot and lot, phrase...
- Fulk (1164 - 26
October 1229) was an
Italian Catholic prelate who
served as the
Bishop of
Piacenza from 1210
until 1217 and
later as the
Bishop of Pavia...
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family ancestral or
genetic origins are from Scotland. The
Latin word
Scoti originally referred to the Gaels, but came to
describe all
inhabitants of...
