scroggy, a. Chiefly Sc. and north.
(ˈskrɒgɪ)
Also 5 scrogghy, (scourgy), 6 skroggy, 8 scrogy, 8–9 scroggie.
[f. scrog n. + -y1.]
Abounding in stunted bushes or underwood. Also, of trees: Stunted.
| c 1440 Gesta Rom. viii. 19 (Harl. MS.) And þe wey toward þe Cite was stony, þorny, and scroggy. Ibid. 20 This stony & scourgy wey. c 1470 Henry Wallace v. 131 At the mur syde, in till a scrogghy slaid. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. vi. 84 Quhair now standis the goldin Capitoll, Vmquhyll of wyld buskis rouch skroggy knoll. 1728 Ramsay Robt., Richy, & Sandy 11 The clinty craigs and scrogy briers. 1788 Burns My Hoggie 8 We heard nought but the roaring linn, Amang the braes sae scroggie. 1843 Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. xi. 66 A sprinkling of scroggy birches. |