n. [ Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled, rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog, Shrag, n. ] 1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rawboned person. [ Low ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scrag whale (Zool.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus gibbosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scrag

v. t. [ Cf. Scrag. ] To seize, pull, or twist the neck of; specif., to hang by the neck; to kill by hanging. [ Colloq. ]

An enthusiastic mob will scrag me to a certainty the day war breaks out. Pall Mall Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Scragged

a. 1. Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lean and rough; scraggy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scraggedness

n. Quality or state of being scragged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scraggily

adv. In a scraggy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scragginess

n. The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scraggy

a. [ Compar. Scragger superl. Scraggiest. ] 1. Rough with irregular points; scragged. “A scraggy rock.” J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lean and rough; scragged. “His sinewy, scraggy neck.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scragly

a. See Scraggy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scrag-necked

a. Having a scraggy neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

参差不齐

[参差不齐 / 參差不齊, cēn cī bù qí] unevenly matched (成语 saw); scraggly; jagged #24500

蓬乱

[蓬乱 / 蓬亂, péng luàn] matted (of straw or hair); unkempt; overgrown; scraggly; thatch #63070

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

ごつごつ

[gotsugotsu] (adv, n, vs) (on-mim) rugged; scraggy; angular

もしゃもしゃ

[moshamosha] (adj-na, adv, vs) shaggy; scraggly; bushy; disheveled; dishevelled; unkempt; tousled; raggedy

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Gerippe { n }

skeleton; scrag

Gerippe { n }

scrags

Rauheit { f }

scragginess

zottlig; zottig { adj }

scraggly

Grauwal { m }; Kalifornischer Grauwal { m } [ zool. ]

gray whale; grey whale; Californian gray whale; scrag whale; mussel digger; devilfish (Eschrichtius robustus)

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