different between scot vs scow

English

Etymology

From Middle English scot, scott, from Old English scot, scott, s?eot, ?escot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skut? (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”), related to English shoot. Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. More at shot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

scot (plural scots)

1. (Britain, historical) A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

Derived terms

Related terms

• escot
• shot
• shout
• scot-free

Anagrams

• C.O.T.S., COTS, CSTO, CTOs, Cost, OCTS, OSTC, TOCs, cost, cots

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• scotu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excot?, from Latin excuti?. Compare Romanian scoate, scot.

Verb

scot (past participle scoasã)

1. I remove, take out.
2. I wrest, wrench, snatch.
3. I show, present.

Related terms

• scoatiri / scoatire
• scos

Irish

Noun

scot m (genitive singular scoit, nominative plural scoit)

1. scot, reckoning
2. picnic party (on raided food)

Declension

Old English

Alternative forms

• s??ot

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skut?. Cognate with Old Frisian skot, Old Saxon s?lscot, Old High German scoz (German Schoß), Old Norse skot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ot/

Noun

s?ot n (nominative plural s?ot)

1. shot, act of shooting
2. missile, shot
3. darting, rapid movement

Descendants

• English: shot

Romanian

Verb

scot

1. first-person singular present indicative of scoate
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of scoate
3. third-person plural present indicative of scoate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schouw

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

scow (plural scows)

1. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, ch 2:

     This steamboat was exactly like a decked scow.

Verb

scow (third-person singular simple present scows, present participle scowing, simple past and past participle scowed)

1. (transitive) To transport in a scow.

Anagrams

• CWOs, cows