n. [ W. craig; akin to Gael. creag, Corn. karak, Armor. karrek. ]
From crag to crag the signal flew. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ A form of craw: cf. D. kraag neck, collar, G. kragen. See Craw. ]
And bear the crag so stiff and so state. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of crags, or steep, broken rocks; abounding with prominences, points, and inequalities; rough; rugged. [ 1913 Webster ]
Into its cragged rents descend. J. Baillie. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being craggy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks;
n.;
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. ]
Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scrag whale (Zool.),
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. ]
a.
n. Quality or state of being scragged. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a scraggy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. See Scraggy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a scraggy neck. [ 1913 Webster ]