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Scrag

Scrag Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Scrag? [n] the lean end of a neck of veal [n] lean end of the neck [v] wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [v] strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Scrag: choke \| garotte \| garrotte \| scrag end Related Terms \| Find terms related to Scrag: See Also \| compact \| compress \| constrict \| contract \| cut of mutton \| cut of veal \| neck \| press \| squeeze \| strangle \| strangulate \| throttle Scrag In Webster's Dictionary \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. \Scrag\ (skr[a^]g), 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. Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. --Thackeray. 2. A rawboned person. [Low] --Halliwell. 3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch. {Scrag whale} (Zo["o]l.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale ({Agaphelus gibbosus}). By some it is considered the young of the right whale.

Scrag Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scrag?

[n] the lean end of a neck of veal
[n] lean end of the neck
[v] wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"
[v] strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scrag: choke | garotte | garrotte | scrag end

Related Terms | Find terms related to Scrag:

Scrag In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\Scrag\ (skr[a^]g), 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.

         Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton
         on silver.                            --Thackeray.

2. A rawboned person. [Low] --Halliwell.

3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

{Scrag whale} (Zo["o]l.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale
   ({Agaphelus gibbosus}). By some it is considered the young
   of the right whale.

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