/skɹɒɡ/, /skɹɑɡ/
OriginCompare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).
- countable, uncountableA stunted or shrivelled bush.
- countable, uncountableBrushwood.
- countableThe branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry.
“Argent, a Palm-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper, surmounted of S. Andrews-cross Gules, on a chiet azur [...]. Azur, a Cheveron Or, betwixt two Scrogs or starved branches in chief, and a mans”
- Scotland, countableThe crab-apple tree.
- countable, dialectal, uncountableA blackthorn.
Formsscrogs(plural) · scroag(alternative)