scrog

[ skrog ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
2. scrogs, underbrush; brushwood.

Other Words From

• scroggy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrog¹

1350–1400; Middle English skrogg; probably akin to scrag

Example Sentences

Scrog′gie, Scrog′gy, covered with underwood.

From Project Gutenberg

It was Alan’s tryst to lie every night between twelve and two “in a bit scrog of wood by east of Silvermills, and by south the south mill-lade.”

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Scad, gleam, reflection. schore, a man of high rank. scog, v. hide. scomfisht, discomfited. scowther, scorch. scrog, a stunted shrub. shavling-gabbit, shavling mouthed, a shavling being a carpenter's tool of the plane order.

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Out over cairn and moss, Out over scrog and scaur, He ran as runs the clansman That bears the cross of war.

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It called on all to gather From every scrog and scaur, That loved their fathers’ tartan And the ancient game of war.

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