- SCOTS, THE
- a tribe of Celts from Ireland who settled in the W. of North Britain, and who, having gained the ascendency of the Picts in the E., gave to the whole country the name of Scotland.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
SCOTS, THE
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