2. Verb. (context: now UK regional Scotland) To swarm ((term with)). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hotch
1. to wiggle [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: wiggle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hotch
Literary usage of Hotch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... not put in hotch-potch what was given to her by heY father in his life-time,
... without bringing what he had before received into hotch-potch. ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England Applicable to Real Property by William Blackstone, Alexander Leith, James Frederick Smith (1880)
"It is denominated bringing those lands into hotch-pot, which word I shall explain
by using the very words of Littleton : " It seemeth " that this word ..."
3. American Law and Procedure by James Parker Hall, James De Witt Andrews (1910)
"The widow's special power of appointment: hotch-pot clause. The English form
books usually provide for a special power in the widow to appoint such part or ..."
4. A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation by Andrew Lang (1902)
"... "a mere hotchpotch "—" hotch-potch " being the name of an excellent broth of
promiscuous elements. He wished that—(1) the communicants should kneel, ..."
5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... queer hotch-potch, The Coalition. The Authors Cry and Prayer. M'Kenzle [author
of "The Man of Feeling"]. M'K[enzi]e, S[tuar]t, such a brace As Rome ..."
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