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unscotching

unscotching is the present participle and gerund of unscotch.

Meaning of unscotch

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

Questions about unscotching

What is unscotching the present participle and gerund of?
Unscotching is the present participle and gerund of unscotch.

Words near unscotching in the dictionary

  1. unscornfully
  2. unscornfulness
  3. unscotch
  4. unscotched
  5. unscotches
  6. unscotching
  7. unscottified
  8. unscoured
  9. unscourged
  10. unscowling
  11. unscramble

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unscotching (page history and authors); unscotch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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