Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stunted; shriveled.
- Abounding with stunted bushes or brushwood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Prov. Eng. & Scot. Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective UK, Scotland, dialect Abounding in
scrog . - adjective UK, Scotland, dialect
twisted ;stunted
Etymologies
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scrog + -y
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Examples
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Dad told some pretty scroggy ghost stories while he roasted some fish.
No Limits Peter David 2003
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(although that is a hardy sign), nor so scroggy at the hoof -- ay, and they would trot for evermore.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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