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unscotch

unscotch verb: to remove a temporary block from (a wheel or similar).

Verb

unscotch (third-person singular simple present unscotches, present participle unscotching, simple past and past participle unscotched)

  1. (transitive) To remove a temporary block from (a wheel or similar).
    • Unscotch the front of the wheels. Take a wheel purchase. Run the carriage forward.1859, Frederick Augustus Griffiths, The Artillerist's Manual, and British Soldier's Compendium, page 187

Forms of unscotch

third-person singular presentunscotches
present participleunscotching
past participleunscotched
pastunscotched

Origin of unscotch

un- + scotch

Questions about unscotch

What does unscotch mean?
Unscotch means to remove a temporary block from (a wheel or similar).
What part of speech is unscotch?
Unscotch is a verb.
What is the past tense of unscotch?
The past tense of unscotch is unscotched.

Words near unscotch in the dictionary

  1. unscorified
  2. unscorned
  3. unscornful
  4. unscornfully
  5. unscornfulness
  6. unscotch
  7. unscotched
  8. unscotches
  9. unscotching
  10. unscottified
  11. unscoured

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