scotch

a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

avoiding waste

“`scotch' is used only informally”

of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language

make a small cut or score into