noun
definition
A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
Examples of scot in a Sentence
His book on animals was translated by Michael Scot.
He was, however, elected on the council of state, and was the only Presbyterian in it; he was at once accused by Scot, along with Whitelocke, of corresponding with Hyde.
Michael Scot, the renowned wizard of popular tradition, earned his reputation by numerous works on astrology and alchemy.
It was burned by Kenneth Macalpine in 839 during the wars between Scot and Saxon, and, though rebuilt, was deserted in the middle of the 11 th century.
In 860 this Scot became king of the Picts.
The king of Alban was a Scot in the paternal line.
These men had been alternately bitter enemies and allies of Beaton; in 1543 Kirkcaldy of Grange and the master of Rothes were offering their venal daggers to England, through a Scot named Wishart.
It is true that down to the 15th century there were many Teutonic Scots who had difficulty in expressing themselves in " Ynglis," and that, at a later date, the literary vocabulary was strongly influenced by the Latin habit of Scottish culture; but the difficulty was generally academic, arising from a scholarly sensitiveness to style in the use of a medium which had no literary traditions; perhaps also from medieval and humanistic contempt of the vulgar tongue; in some cases from the cosmopolitan circumstance of the Scot and the special nature of his appeal to the learned world.
The Scot, whatever dialectal habits marked his speech, wrote the English of Englishmen.
His real name was Johannes Scotus (Scottus) or John the Scot.
Originally any inhabitant holding a certain measure of land, freehold or subject to the mere nominal ground-rent abovementioned, was a full citizen independently of his calling, the clergy and the lord's retainers and servants of whatever rank, who claimed exemption from scot and lot, to use the English formula, alone excepted.
There are possible allusions to him in Shakespeare, and the current clerical notion of him is very unjustly adopted by Marston in the words "wicked Rabelais"; but Bacon described him better as the great jester of France, and a Scot, Sir Thomas Urquhart, translated the earlier books in 1653.
About 1784 James Glen, a London Scot, delivered lectures " For the Sentimentalists " on the new doctrine in Philadelphia and Boston and circulated some of Swedenborg's works.
Marie, Queene of Scotland, by Eusebius Dicaeophile (London, 1569), reprinted, with alterations, at Liege in 1571, under the title, A Treatise concerning the Defence of the Honour of Marie, Queene of Scotland, made by Morgan Philippes, Bachelor of Divinitie, Piae a?licti animi consolationes, ad Mariam Scot.
Though his early life was passed, and his education begun, in Canada, he, a Scot on both sides, came to Scotland when still a boy, and finished his schooling at the Glasgow high school.
In the line of mythical ancestors which extends without interruption up to Noah, the names of Fenius Farsaid, Goedel Glas, Eber Scot and Breogan constantly recur in Irish story.
In one source the great heresiarch Pelagius is stated to have been a Scot.
Neither St Leger nor his successor Sir James Croft could do anything with Ulster, where the papal primate Wauchop, a Scot by birth, stirred up rebellion among the natives and among the Hebridean invaders.
Meanwhile, before 1250, Averroes became accessible to the Latin Schoolmen by means of versions, accredited by the names of Michael Scot and others.
One of the scholars to whom Frederick gave a welcome was Michael Scot, the first translator of Averroes.
Scot had sojourned at Toledo about 1 21 7, and had accomplished the versions of several astronomical and physical treatises, mainly, if we believe Roger Bacon, by the labours of a Jew named Andrew.
The church was made collegiate by a native of Rotherham called Thomas Scot in 1483.
There are various theories as to what exactly makes this sort of Scot so embittered and joyless.
Hexagon, Reading 8. Which Scot was a surprise finalist in the 1996 Grand Prix?
In Scotland, its name is wild hyacinth and, to a Scot, ' bluebell ' means a completely unrelated plant!
The right of election is in the inhabitants paying scot and lot.
Everyone knows of some evidently guilty person who's gone scot free thanks to a clever lawyer.
The match official saw the funny side of the incident and the player, luckily, escaped scot free.
They ended up getting trapped under a rock fall while we got away scot free.
The Berlin conference alone - disregarding all the rest - did not pass scot free for us.
Epic's Donald Clark is taking part in a debate with fellow scot James Naughtie, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today program.
Especially the ones who blame Prescott who appears to have got away with things scott who appears to have got away with things scot free.
The big Scot has played less than a handful of games this season after suffering a stress fracture of the ankle during the summer.
Newcomer Oliver Golding does a believable and charming job as the young urchin Ewin, tho he's clearly not a native Scot.
If the mancipium died a natural death under the creditor's hand, the creditor was scot free.
An elaborate criticism of all the existing data regarding the volume relations of the vertical relief of the globe was made in 1894 by Professor Hermann Wagner, whose recalculations of volumes 4 " On the Height of the Land and the Depth of the Ocean," Scot.
Some of the more important of his contributions to Blackwood were embodied in two delightful volumes, The Book Hunter (1862) and The Scot Abroad (1864).
The famous sage of Balwearie, Michael Scot, while court astrologer to the emperor Frederick II., wrote his treatise De hominis phisiognomia, much of which is physiological and of curious interest.
Can Peter Nicol maintain his current rich vein of form to regain the title, or will Jonathon Power stop the Scot again?
Everyone knows of some evidently guilty person who 's gone scot free thanks to a clever lawyer.
Epic 's Donald Clark is taking part in a debate with fellow scot James Naughtie, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today program.
And scot mccloughan and take pressure chicago now poses.
I got away scot free. ' It proved to be a well-supported and publicized event which attracted some positive response from the public.
Especially the ones who blame Prescott who appears to have got away with things scot free.
The super Scot wowed Center Court with a fantastic 7-6 6-4 6-4 victory over two-time finalist Andy Roddick last night.
Newcomer Oliver Golding does a believable and charming job as the young urchin Ewin, tho he 's clearly not a native Scot.
Scot Trade has average transaction pricing and over 450 offices across the United States.
McCartney was born April 9, 1987 in New York City to Scot McCartney and Ginger Saber.
Good sorts are Argyll, Bonfire, Black Watch, Cormorant, Cameron, Eden, Fusilier, Nightingale, Royal Scot, Starling, Scarlet Queen, Wren.
When the show first aired in 2003, the hosts were Stacy London and Wayne Scot Lukas (who was a stylist to the stars).