Meanings
nounscrog (countable and uncountable, plural scrogs)
plural scrogs · alternative scroag
- countableuncountableA stunted or shrivelled bush.
- countableuncountableBrushwood.
- countablegovernmentThe 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 heart in base argent.
1680, George Mackenzie, Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency, page 59 - ScotlandcountableThe crab-apple tree.
- countabledialectaluncountableA blackthorn.
Origin
Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).
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