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Found 2 hits - Term: scotch fiddle, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scotch \scotch\, a. cf. scottish.
   of or pertaining to scotland, its language, or its
   inhabitants; scottish.
   1913 webster

   scotch broom bot., the cytisus scoparius. see broom.
      

   scotch dipper, or scotch duck zool., the bufflehead; --
      called also scotch teal, and scotchman.

   scotch fiddle, the itch. low --sir w. scott.

   scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.

   scotch nightingale zool., the sedge warbler. prov. eng.
      

   scotch pebble. see under pebble.

   scotch pine bot. see riga fir.

   scotch thistle bot., a species of thistle onopordon
      acanthium; -- so called from its being the national
      emblem of the scotch.
      1913 webster
see also:
scottish scotch broom cytisus scoparius broom scotch dipper scotch duck 
scotch teal scotchman scotch fiddle scotch mist scotch nightingale 
scotch pebble pebble scotch pine riga fir scotch thistle 
onopordon acanthium 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fiddle \fid"dle\ fi^d"d'l, n. oe. fidele, fithele, as.
   fiethele; akin to d. vedel, ohg. fidula, g. fiedel, icel.
   fiethla, and perh. to e. viol. cf. viol.
   1. mus. a stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
      violin; a kit.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. a kind of dock rumex pulcher with fiddle-shaped
      leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. a rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
      keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
      weather. --ham. nav. encyc.
      1913 webster

   fiddle beetle zool., a japanese carabid beetle damaster
      blaptoides; -- so called from the form of the body.

   fiddle block naut., a long tackle block having two
      sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
      of side by side as in a common double block. --knight.

   fiddle bow, fiddlestick.

   fiddle fish zool., the angel fish.

   fiddle head, see fiddle head in the vocabulary.

   fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
      etc., somewhat like a violin.

   scotch fiddle, the itch. low

   to play first fiddle, or to play second fiddle, to take a
      leading or a subordinate part. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
viol rumex pulcher fiddle dock fiddle beetle damaster blaptoides fiddle block 
fiddle bow fiddle fish fiddle head fiddle head fiddle pattern 
scotch fiddle to play first fiddle to play second fiddle 

Results 1 - 8 of 8 found about scotch fiddle:

Scotch Fiddle >> S Words
Scotch Fiddle, definition of term: Scotch Fiddle
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Fiddle >> F Words
Fiddle, definition of term: Fiddle
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Scotch >> S Words
Scotch, definition of term: Scotch
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Scotch Whisky >> S Words
Scotch Whisky, definition of term: Scotch Whisky
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Scotch Thistle >> S Words
Scotch Thistle, definition of term: Scotch Thistle
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Scotch Egg >> S Words
Scotch Egg, definition of term: Scotch Egg
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Fiddle Head >> F Words
Fiddle Head, definition of term: Fiddle Head
fiddle+head_pag1.html

Scotch Tape >> S Words
Scotch Tape, definition of term: Scotch Tape
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