scroggy

adj — 2 senses

scroggy

adj

Etymology From scrog + -y.

1

Scotland, UK, Dialectal Abounding in scrog.

  • O 'tis a lonely scroggy Glen!1803, The Scots Magazine:
  • They passed through some scroggy woods skirting the side of a beautiful green hill, which they ascended half way.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 164:
2

Scotland, UK, Dialectal twisted; stunted

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