scrog
nounUK /skɹɒɡ/ · US /skɹɑɡ/
Etymology Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).
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A stunted or shrivelled bush.
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Brushwood.
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics The 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:
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Scotland The crab-apple tree.
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Dialectal A blackthorn.