Scrog

//skɹɒɡ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stunted or shrivelled bush. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Brushwood. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry. countable

    "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."

  4. 4
    The crab-apple tree. Scotland, countable
  5. 5
    A blackthorn. countable, dialectal, uncountable

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"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."

Etymology

Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).

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crab apple

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