Scrog
/skɹɒɡ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stunted or shrivelled bush. countable, uncountable
- 2 Brushwood. countable, uncountable
- 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 The crab-apple tree. Scotland, countable
- 5 A blackthorn. countable, dialectal, uncountable
Example
More examples"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”).