Scrag
[skræg]
Definition
(noun.) the lean end of a neck of veal.
(noun.) lean end of the neck.
Typed by Leigh--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.
(n.) A rawboned person.
(n.) A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
Typist: Lottie
Definition
n. anything thin or lean and rough: the bony part of the neck.—v.t. to put to death by hanging.—adjs. Scrag′ged Scrag′gy lean and rough: uneven rugged.—ns. Scrag′gedness Scrag′giness.—adv. Scrag′gily.—adjs. Scrag′gly rough-looking; Scrag′-necked having a long thin neck.—n. Scrag′-whale a finner whale having the back scragged.
Inputed by Gavin
Examples
- Do you know, Jane, I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He'll come to be scragged, won't he? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The butcher and the porkman painted up, only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typist: Sophie