| scrag | 1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck. "Lady MacScrew, who . . . Serves up a scrag of mutton on silver." (Thackeray) 2. A rawboned person. 3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch. <zoology> Scrag whale, a North Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus giddosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale. Origin: Cf. Dial. Sw. Skraka a great dry tree, a long, lean man, Gael. Sgreagach dry, shriveled, rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog, Shrag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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