sgrogag

sgrogag
sgrog, sgrogag
anything shrivelled, a shrivelled old woman, old cow or ewe, sgrog, shrivel; from the Scottish scrog, a stunted bush, sgroggy, stunted, English scraggy, Danish skrog, Swed. skrokk, anything shrunken, Norse skrokkr.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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  • 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

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