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 ]