sgruit

sgruit
an old shrivelled person, a thin person, Irish sgruta, an old man, sgrutach, lean, sgrut, a contemptible person; cf. Norse skrudda, a shrivelled skin, old scroll.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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  • Scrat — Scrat, n. [Cf. AS. scritta an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut a scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old, shriveled person.] An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] Skinner. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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