Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf.
   Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E.
   shake.]
   To cut superficially; to wound; to score.

         We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak.

   {Scotched collops} (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef
      or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with
      onion and other condiments; -- called also {Scotch
      collops}. [Written also {scotcht collops}.]