- scrog-bush
- scrogˈ-apple and scrogˈ-bush or scrogˈ--buss nounRespectively the crab-apple and crab-apple tree• • •Main Entry: ↑scrog
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scrog-apple — scrogˈ apple and scrogˈ bush or scrogˈ buss noun Respectively the crab apple and crab apple tree • • • Main Entry: ↑scrog … Useful english dictionary
scrog--buss — scrogˈ apple and scrogˈ bush or scrogˈ buss noun Respectively the crab apple and crab apple tree • • • Main Entry: ↑scrog … Useful english dictionary
Scrog — Scrog, n. [Cf. {Scrag}, or Gael. sgrogag anything shriveled, from sgrog to compress, shrivel.] A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scrog — scroggy, adj. /skrog/, n. Scot. and North Eng. 1. any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush. 2. scrogs, underbrush; brushwood. [1350 1400; ME skrogg; prob. akin to SCRAG] * * * … Universalium
scrog — noun a) A stunted or shrivelled bush b) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a blazon in Scotland … Wiktionary
scrog — ˈskräg noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English skrogge, scroge 1. dialect Britain : a stunted shrub, bush, or branch : scrub 2. dialect Britain : scrubby land usually used in plural … Useful english dictionary
scranch — North Country (Newcastle) Words to grind any hard or crackling substance between the teeth scrog a stunted bush or shrub; scroggy full of old stunted trees or bushes … English dialects glossary
scroggy — overgrown with bushes, mid 15c., from scrog (n.) a stunted bush, a shrub like plant (c.1400), probably related to scrag a lean person or thing (1570s); Cf. SCRAGGLY (Cf. scraggly) … Etymology dictionary
scr- — 1. While as a general rule an initial sc or sk in a mod.Eng. word indicates that the word is not of OE. origin (OE. sc being normally represented, in dialects as well as in standard English, by sh ), it is doubtful whether the rule applies to the … Useful english dictionary
