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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

Scot (hist.) one of a Gaelic-speaking people first known in Ireland, and later settled in north Britain (Scotland) OE.; native of Scotland XIV. OE. *Scot, only in pl. Scottas — late L. Scottus; ult. orig. unkn.
So Scotch XVI, Scots XIV (Scottis), reduced vars of Scottish (-ISH1) XIII (repl. OE. Scyttisċ). Scotchman XVI, Scotsman XIV (Scottis man).

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scot payment, contribution; scot and lot, taxes levied by a municipal corporation in proportionate shares upon its members. XIII. In ME. partly — ON. skot (- OE. scot SHOT), partly aphetic — OF. escot (mod. écot), of Gmc. orig.; in late use to some extent an antiquarian revival of the OE. form.
Hence scot-free exempt from the payment of scot, fine, etc.; exempt from injury or punishment. XVI.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

scot archaic term for a payment corresponding to a modern tax, rate, or other assessed contribution; the word comes (in late Old English) from Old Norse skot ‘a shot’, reinforced by Old French escot, of Germanic origin.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "scot." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

Scot / skät/ • n. a native of Scotland or a person of Scottish descent. ∎ a member of a Gaelic people that migrated from Ireland to Scotland around the late 5th century.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Scot •allot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, twat, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht •robot • hotshot • peridot • microdot •Wyandot • polka dot • fylfot • mascot •Caldecott • carrycot • apricot •boycott • dovecote • sandlot • melilot •polyglot • Camelot • ocelot •monoglot • sub-plot • Lancelot •cachalot • counterplot • Wilmot •guillemot • motmot • bergamot

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