Definition of Scrog

1. n. A stunted shrub, bush, or branch.

Definition of Scrog

1. Noun. A stunted or shrivelled bush ¹

2. Noun. (heraldry) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a blazon in Scotland ¹

3. Noun. (Scotland) The crab-apple tree ¹

4. Noun. (dialect) A blackthorn ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrog

1. a disease of the lymph glands [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrog

scrods
scrofula
scrofulae
scrofulas
scrofulide
scrofulides
scrofuloderma
scrofuloses
scrofulosis
scrofulous
scrofulous keratitis
scrofulous rhinitis
scrofulously
scrofulousness
scrofulæ
scrog (current term)
scroggie
scroggier
scroggiest
scroggin
scroggy
scrogs
scroll
scroll bar
scroll bars
scroll bones
scroll ear
scroll saw
scroll wheel
scroll wheels

Literary usage of Scrog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"After an exchange of blows, scrog- frine laughingly observed to Holt, " If you don't hit ... scrog- gins found backers, and was pitted against Joe Parish, ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"*scrog. To cut beans with a sickle or hook [BN 84]. scroggy. Twisted, stunted. scrog Legs. Bandy legs, crooked shanks. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"scrog. A stunted bush. North. Scraggy, abounding in underwood. ... Wore. scrogGY. Twisted; stunted. East. scrog-LEGS. Bandy lega. .Vor/. ..."

4. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"R., NE dial. scrog(s.) Origin unknown; the explanation given by Stratm.-Bradley sv, Wall p. 118, is not to be accepted. ..."

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