scrog

American  

[skrog] / skrɒg /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• scroggy adjective

Etymology

Origin of scrog

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Half way down there is a scrog of wood, dwarf alders and hawthorn, which makes an arch over the path.

From Prester John by Buchan, John

“Scrogie Touchwood, if you please,” said the senior; “the scrog branch first, for it must become rotten ere it become touchwood—ha, ha, ha!—you take me.”

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir

John was one day lying under a bush in the scrog, when he was aware of a collie on the far hillside skulking down through the deepest of the heather with obtrusive stealth. 

From Memories and Portraits by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John