"scone" meaning in Scots

See scone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [skɔn] Forms: scones [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or from Greek σκόνη (skóni, “dust”) or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”). Etymology templates: {{der|sco|gml|schö̂ne|t=fine flour bread}} Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), {{der|sco|el|σκόνη|t=dust}} Greek σκόνη (skóni, “dust”), {{der|sco|dum|schoonbroot|t=fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf}} Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), {{der|sco|gd|sgonn|t=lump, mouthful}} Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|scones|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} scone (plural scones), {{sco-noun}} scone (plural scones)
  1. a semisweet cake made of wheat or barley flour, usually large and round Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-scone-sco-noun-LeicFqph Disambiguation of Foods: 90 6 2 2 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 16 11 10 23 17 2 1 1 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 92 5 2 2
  2. a slap with the flat of the hand
    Sense id: en-scone-sco-noun-aDAy15Bi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pan scone (english: a pancake), scaudit scone (english: a scone of barley or wheat mixed with hot milk or water), tattie scone (english: potato cake)

Verb

IPA: [skɔn]
Etymology: Possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or from Greek σκόνη (skóni, “dust”) or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”). Etymology templates: {{der|sco|gml|schö̂ne|t=fine flour bread}} Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), {{der|sco|el|σκόνη|t=dust}} Greek σκόνη (skóni, “dust”), {{der|sco|dum|schoonbroot|t=fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf}} Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), {{der|sco|gd|sgonn|t=lump, mouthful}} Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”) Head templates: {{head|sco|verb}} scone
  1. to strike the surface of something with some flat object
    Sense id: en-scone-sco-verb-XjwShAXv
  2. to crush flat with a slap
    Sense id: en-scone-sco-verb-VQTQ~Wef
     
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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}

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