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scrag, scraggie, scrags, scroag, scroags, scrog, scroggan, scroggie, scroggit, scroggs, scroggy, scrogs, scrowds, scrowg, scrowgie, scrug, scruggie, scruggy, scrugs, shrog, skrag, skrog, skrogin, skroug,
scrog [skrog, NN.b. skrʌug]
n. A stunted or crooked bush or low tree, often the hawthorn Crataegus monogyna. A gnarled or crooked branch, stump or root of a tree. In Heraldry: the leafless branch of a tree. S. SEC. The crab apple Malus sylvestris or its fruit.
pl. scrogs Undergrowth, brushwood, scrub.
also scroggie Anything dried up or shrivelled, a lean, scraggy animal or person
n. A stunted or crooked bush or low tree, often the hawthorn Crataegus monogyna. A gnarled or crooked branch, stump or root of a tree. In Heraldry: the leafless branch of a tree. S. SEC. The crab apple Malus sylvestris or its fruit.
pl. scrogs Undergrowth, brushwood, scrub.
also scroggie Anything dried up or shrivelled, a lean, scraggy animal or person
scroggy [skroge, NN.b. skrʌuge]
adj. Dried up, shrivelled, lean, scraggy.
adj. Dried up, shrivelled, lean, scraggy.
scroggit
adj. Gnarled, with rough, crooked branches, stunted.
adj. Gnarled, with rough, crooked branches, stunted.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scroggan: NN.b. I.Ork. A half-dried fish. A snuff mill.
scrooge, scroonge, scrouge, scrounge,
scroonge [ˈskrun(d)ʒ]
v. S. To squeeze, crush, press, compress.
v. S. To squeeze, crush, press, compress.
screevel-, screevelin, screw, screwag, screwie, scroo, scrou, scrow, skree, skreevle, skreevle, skreevlin, skrew, skrivle, skrivlin, skroo, skrøvl, skrøvle, skrøvlin, skru, skruiffle, skruiffleck, skruivle, skruivlin, skruivlock, skrüvl, skrüvle,
scrou [skruː]
n. A stack of corn, hay or straw.
n. A stack of corn, hay or straw.
skruivle [I.Sh. skrivl, skrbøvl]
v. To put hay or corn into small cocks or stacks.
v. To put hay or corn into small cocks or stacks.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skruivlin: I.Sh. A small haycock or corn-stack.
skruivlock: I.Sh. A small stack of peat drying out for the winter.
skruivlock: I.Sh. A small stack of peat drying out for the winter.
scraa, scroll, scrow, scrowe, skreu, skroa, skroo, skrow,
scrowe [skrʌu]
n. A scroll. A rough draft or copy. A writing pad. A long list or roll of persons, hence a crowd, multitude of people, a mob.
pl. scrowes Long strips or thin parings or scraps of hides or skins used for making glue. Damaged or torn hides.
v. To write out in extenso, to copy, engross. To enroll, put on a roll or list, enlist. To crowd, assemble in numbers, swarm.
n. A scroll. A rough draft or copy. A writing pad. A long list or roll of persons, hence a crowd, multitude of people, a mob.
pl. scrowes Long strips or thin parings or scraps of hides or skins used for making glue. Damaged or torn hides.
v. To write out in extenso, to copy, engross. To enroll, put on a roll or list, enlist. To crowd, assemble in numbers, swarm.
scrub, scrubber,
scrub [skrʌb]
n. Scrub. A mean person or hard bargainer.
v. To scrub. Beat in bargaining, treat meanly.
n. Scrub. A mean person or hard bargainer.
v. To scrub. Beat in bargaining, treat meanly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scrubber: A small bundle of twigs, usually of heather, tied tightly together and used for scouring pots etc. A pot-scrubber.
scrog, scrug, skrog, skrug,
scrug [skrʌg]
v. To tug a cap forward over the brow to look jaunty or bold. I.Sh. To take shelter against bad weather.
v. To tug a cap forward over the brow to look jaunty or bold. I.Sh. To take shelter against bad weather.
screebie, screeby, screevie, scrubbie, scrubie, scruibie, skreebie,
scruibie [S. I. ˈskrøbi, N. ˈskribi, ˈskrubi]
n. The disease scurvy.
adj. I.Sh. Cowardly, timourous, fearful.
n. The disease scurvy.
adj. I.Sh. Cowardly, timourous, fearful.
screef, screefin, screeth, screiff, screuf, scriff, scriffan, scroff, scroffin, scroof, scrooffin, scroofin, scrufe, scruff, scruffin, scrufin, scruif, scruiffin, scruifin, scruifle, skirf, skröf, skröfl, skröfl, skrufe, skruff, skrufin, skruif, skruiffin, skruifin, skruifl,
scruif [skrøf, C. skrɪf, MN. skrif]
n. Scurf, dandruff. A hardened skin or scab, a piece of encrusted skin, hair, dirt or filth etc. A thin layer on the surface of anything, a film, crust, rind. Hardened surface soil or moss etc. A mean worthless character, the scum of the earth, riffraff.
v. With ower: to cover with a thin crust or layer, to cake over, to gloss over, to cover up some embarrassing or discreditable matter. To become covered with a film or crust. To pare or scrape off the surface or top layer of anything.
n. Scurf, dandruff. A hardened skin or scab, a piece of encrusted skin, hair, dirt or filth etc. A thin layer on the surface of anything, a film, crust, rind. Hardened surface soil or moss etc. A mean worthless character, the scum of the earth, riffraff.
v. With ower: to cover with a thin crust or layer, to cake over, to gloss over, to cover up some embarrassing or discreditable matter. To become covered with a film or crust. To pare or scrape off the surface or top layer of anything.
scruifle
v. I.Sh. To kick among earth.
v. I.Sh. To kick among earth.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scruifin: A thin paring or scraping, as of butter or cheese. A membrane, a film, a thin cover, surface.
scrunt, scrunted, scruntit, skrunt, skrunted, skruntit,
scrunt [skrʌnt]
n. Anything shrunken, stunted or worn down by usage or age etc. A mean, miserly person.
adj. Stunted. Mean, niggardly.
v. To shrivel, stunt, shrink.
pt. pp. scruntit adj. Shrivelled, undersized, shrunken, stunted in growth.
n. Anything shrunken, stunted or worn down by usage or age etc. A mean, miserly person.
adj. Stunted. Mean, niggardly.
v. To shrivel, stunt, shrink.
pt. pp. scruntit adj. Shrivelled, undersized, shrunken, stunted in growth.
descried, descry, descryed, scrie, scried, scries, scries-buird, scry, scryed, scrys, scrys-buird, skrie, skry,
scry [skrae]
n. A shout, cry, yell. A public proclamation. A clamour.
v. To proclaim, to make known by crying publicly.
pt. pp. scried
n. A shout, cry, yell. A public proclamation. A clamour.
v. To proclaim, to make known by crying publicly.
pt. pp. scried
descry [dəˈskraɪ]
v. To miscall, denounce
pt. pp. descried
v. To miscall, denounce
pt. pp. descried
Compounds and phrases etc.
scrys-buird: An announcement board at a church.