scrog

American  

[skrog] / skrɒg /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.

2. scrogs, underbrush; brushwood.

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Other Word Forms

• scroggy adjective

Etymology

Origin of scrog

1350–1400; Middle English skrogg; probably akin to scrag

Example Sentences

Out over cairn and moss, Out over scrog and scaur, He ran as runs the clansman That bears the cross of war.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

A sturdy figure came down through the scrog of hazel and revealed itself as his neighbour of the Dodhead.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

Once I found a scrog of juniper with firm roots, and this gave me a great lift.

From Prester John by Buchan, John

John was one day lying under a bush in the scrog, when he was aware of a collie on the far hillside skulking down through the deepest of the heather with obtrusive stealth.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

It was Alan's tryst to lie every night between twelve and two "in a bit scrog of wood by east of Silvermills and by south the south mill-lade."

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis