scragn.¹

Brit.

/skraɡ/, U.S.

/skræɡ/

Forms: Also 1500s skrag, skragge, 1700s scraig, scragg.

Etymology: As the senses are those of the older crag n.² (and n.³), it is probable that this is an alteration of that word, due to some feeling of phonetic expressiveness. The senses below are placed in the order of their first appearance in our quots.; the order of arrangement in crag n.² is probably in accordance with that of development.

1. A lean person or animal. (In depreciatory use.) Cf. crag n.³ (which occurs only in Udall).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having

staffc1405

notomy1487

rakea1529

crag1542

scrag1542

sneakbill1546

starveling1546

slim1548

ghost1590

bald-rib1598

bare-bone1598

bow-case1599

atomy1600

sneaksbill1602

thin-gut1602

anatomya1616

sharg1623

skeleton1630

raw-bone1635

living skeleton1650

strammel1706

scarecrow1711

rickle of bones1729

shargar1754

squeeze-crab1785

rack of bones1804

thread-paper1824

bag of bones1838

dry-bones1845

skinnymalink1870

hairpin1879

slim jim1889

skinny1907

underweight1910

asthenic1925

ectomorph1940

skinny-malinky1957

matchstick1959

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 270 I feare..yonder same spare slendre skragges and pale salowe coloured whooresoonnes [L. graciles illos ac pallidos].

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 61 We behold a windbeaten hard shrimp, With lanck wan visadge,..A meigre leane rake..When the skrag had marcked [etc.].

1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. L4^v Horace was a goodly Corpulent Gentleman, and not so leane a hollow-cheekt Scrag as thou art.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 66 The elder sort of them are rough, hard, thinne and leane scragges,..nothing but skinne and bone.

1657 Lusts Dominion iv. v. sig. F4 You see I am but a scrag, my Lord; my legs are not of the biggest.

c1815 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) III. 379 May be some bird had whispered Daisy [his charger] that I had been to see the grand reviews at Paris on a little scrag of a Cossack, while my own gallant trooper was left behind.

1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 275 We are going to catch every scrag that comes this way from the Pest.

2. The lean and inferior end of a neck of mutton (or veal). Also (earlier) scrag-end (alsotransferred). Cf. crag-end n. at crag n.² Compounds.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > neck > inferior end

scraga1644

crag-enda1665

scraggy end1725

a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) v. i The Devill a bit of meat have I gotten these nine dayes, but once a leane scrag end of a Neck of Mutton.

1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 29 To dress a Neck of Mutton. Take the best End..and cut it into Stakes..: Take the Scrag-End of the Mutton, break it in pieces [etc.].

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 33 A Leg of Mutton..: Or a fine Neck, with the Scraig cut off.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 35 Shalot-Sauce for a Scraig of Mutton boiled.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. v. iii. 107 They sat down..to a Scrag of Mutton and Broth.

a1754 H. Fielding Fathers (1778) iv. i. 67 I..may not marry whom I please, but must have cramm'd down my throat some..scrag end of a woman of quality.

a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 32 Boil the scragg an hour before you put in the other end [of the neck].

1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iii. 50 Cut a Scrag-end of a Neck of Veal in Pieces.

1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iii. 52 Take a scrag of Veal [etc.].

1837 T. Hood Hymeneal Retrospect. i. viii That neck, not a swan could excel it in grace,..Though now a grave 'kerchief you properly place, To conceal the scrag-end of your charms!

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xix. 71 Lady MacScrew,..serves up a scrag of mutton on silver.

1874 Mrs. H. Wood Master of Greylands (new ed.) xxxi. 366 I could only get the scrag end this morning, aunt: the best end was sold.

3. The neck (of a sheep). Cf. crag n.² Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > (parts of) jaw or neck

fix-faxc1460

wattle1725

scrag1842

1842 J. Bischoff Woollen Manuf. (1862) II. 384 The scrag or neck should be strong and masculine.

1869 Daily News 7 Aug. 5/3 The judges thought the breed much improved, both in their scrags and general symmetry.

4. slang. The neck (of a human being).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun]

swirec888

neckeOE

halseOE

hattrelc1330

cannelc1400

channelc1425

crag1488

kennel?1533

pile1584

neck-piece1605

neck parta1627

nub1673

cervix1741

squeeze1819

scrag1829

1756 [implied in: W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 111 Many an honester man than he..has been scragg'd... Scragg'd, said she, is being hung in chains. (at scrag v. 1a)].

1829 W. Maginn tr. E. F. Vidocq et al. Mem. IV. 266 I adwise you to nose on your pals,..that'll be the best vay To save your scrag.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 298 I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat.

1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 43 And you must sport..a yellow wipe tied loosily Round your scrag.

1887 W. E. Henley Villon's Straight Tip 27 Until the squeezer nips your scrag.

5. scrag-whale n. a finner-whale of the sub-family Agaphelinæ, esp. Agaphelus gibbosus, common in the North Atlantic; so also †scrag-tail whale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual)

gibbert1601

jubartes1616

fin-fish1694

scrag-whale1701

fin-back1726

finner1793

razorback1815

rorqual1824

fin-whale1885

sei whale1912

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 45 A Scrag-tail Whale.

1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 258 The Scrag Whale is near a-kin to the Fin-back, but, instead of a Fin upon his Back, the Ridge of the After-part of his Back is scragged with half a Dozen Knobs or Nuckles.

1835 O. Macy Hist. Nantucket i. ii. 28 A whale, of the kind called ‘scragg’, came into the harbor.

1850 Catal. Mammalia Brit. Mus. i. 18 Balæna gibbosa. The Scrag Whale.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scragn.²

Brit.

/skraɡ/, U.S.

/skræɡ/

Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare shrag n., scrog n., shrog n.

Now chiefly dialect.

1. A stump of a tree; also, a rough projection (on a pole, trunk, or stump of a tree, rock, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump

stock862

moreeOE

stub967

zuche1358

stumpc1440

scrag1567

stool1577

brock1772

stow1774

hagsnar1796

stab1807

spronk1838

tree stool1898

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > rough

scrag1567

snag1586

snub1590

snug1665

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 99^v The sielie Beast to scape the Dogs did iumpe vpon a roote. The rotten scrag it burst, from Cliffe to Seas he fell.

1574 R. Scot Perfite Platforme of Hoppe Garden 30 It is very necessarie that your Poales be streyght without scrags or knobbes.

1855 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 346 His wish was,..Only liberty to cut, of scrags and waste wood, what would suffice for his charring-purposes, in those wild forests.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xviii. 174 It was a rough part, all hanging stone, and heather, and bit scrags of birchwood.

1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Scrag, a crooked, forked branch.

1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. xvi. 248 He took the springy spar of ash..and getting a good purchase against a scrag of flint, brought the convexity of his pole to bear on the topmost jag of boulder.

2. Rough, rocky and barren ground.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] > rough

roughlOE

break1820

scrag1858

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 359 Friedrich Wilhelm found it scrag and quagmire; and left it what the Tourist sees.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. iii. 426 Fields grew green again, desolate scrubs and scrags yielding to grass and corn.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. x. 242 Nypern, with its bogs and scrags.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scragn.³

Brit.

/skraɡ/, U.S.

/skræɡ/

Etymology: < scrag v. 1b.

slang. rare.

In Rugby football, a rough tackle.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres

scrimmaging1776

throw on1845

rush1857

catch1858

maul1860

touch1863

mauling1864

touch-in-goal1869

goal-kicking1871

throw-forward1871

sidestepping1877

handing1882

punting1882

heel1886

touch kicking1889

forward pass1890

scrumming1892

touch-finding1895

heeling1896

wheel1897

scrag1903

reverse pass1907

jinka1914

hand-off1916

play-the-ball1918

gather1921

pivot pass1922

sidestep1927

smother-tackle1927

stiff-arm1927

heel-back1929

scissors1948

rucking1949

loose scrummaging1952

cut-through1960

pivot break1960

put-in1962

chip kicking1963

box kicking1971

peel1973

chip and chase1976

tap penalty1976

1903 P. G. Wodehouse Tales of St. Austin's 105 There's all the difference between a decent tackle and a bally scrag like the one that doubled Tony up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scragv.

Brit.

/skraɡ/, U.S.

/skræɡ/

Etymology: < scrag n.¹

Chiefly slang.

a. transitive. To hang (on the gallows).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)]

hangc1000

anhangOE

forhangc1300

to loll up1377

gallowa1400

twitchc1450

titc1480

truss1536

beswinga1566

trine1567

to turn over1570

to turn off1581

to turn (a person) on the toe1594

to stretch1595

derrick1600

underhang1603

halter1616

staba1661

noose1664

alexander1666

nub1673

ketch1681

tuck1699

gibbet1726

string1728

scrag1756

to hang up1771

crap1773

patibulate1811

strap1815

swing1816

croak1823

yardarm1829

to work off1841

suspercollatea1863

dangle1887

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 111 Many an honester man than he..has been scragg'd... Scragg'd, said she, is being hung in chains.

1780 R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral 10 If he does, he'll to Tyburn..be dragg'd, And what kiddy's so rum as to get himself scragg'd.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xix. 334 If he pikes, we shall all be scragged.

1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 208 So Justice was sure,..And the Sergeant, in spite of his ‘Gammon’, got ‘scragg'd’.

b. To wring the neck of; also, to garrotte.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > garrotte

scrag1823

garrotte1851

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling

aworryc885

achokeOE

astrangle1297

strangle13..

worry14..

choke1303

weary1340

gnarec1380

athroatc1400

enstranglec1400

gagc1440

throttlec1450

estrangle1483

stifle1548

snarl1563

thrapple1570

quackle1622

bowstring1803

scrag1823

strangulate1846

mug1866

to screw a person's neck1872

garrotte1878

guzzle1885

to screw an animal's neck1888

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 213 Cock-feeders, when they twist the necks of their dungs, call it scragging them.

1883 W. E. Norris No New Thing xxv ‘Confound the fellow!’ he exclaimed; ‘I wish to heaven his mother had scragged him when he was a baby!’

1886 W. H. Mallock Old Order Changes I. 290 That I might send some minion to meet him and have him scragged on the road.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 429/2 (Football) Scrag, (R.) to screw an opponent's neck under the arm in order to induce him to drop the ball.

c. To treat (someone) roughly, to manhandle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly

to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE

ransacka1400

attamec1430

ruffle1489

tug1493

to shear against the wool1546

rumble1570

finger1572

to pull about1679

misguggle1814

rowdy1825

to jerk around1833

scrag1835

rough1845

hooligan1898

roughhouse1898

savage1899

to rough up1915

to treat 'em rough1918

1835 Sessions Paper of Central Criminal Court May 87 He did not take him by the collar and shake him—he did not collar him at all till after the blow was struck, nor push him at all—I did not hear Emerson say, ‘You b——, I'll scrag you.’

1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 31 Oct. 4/3 ‘What makes the crowd get up and yell?’ inquired the fairy maid. ‘They've scragged a man, they've scragged a man,’ the woolly rooter said.

1938 ‘J. Spenser’ Crime against Society xiii. 126 She might wonder if you hadn't been gettin' scragged in a knockin' shop for not payin' yer dues.

1947 N. Balchin Lord, I was Afraid 52 Before he could say another word they scragged him.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 198 The term ‘scragging’ is recurrent everywhere, and seems in fact to be different from giving someone a ‘beating up’ or ‘bashing’. One boy makes the distinction: ‘To scrag is a more gentle way of having a kind of hurtful revenge. You pull his hair and take his tie off and that sort of thing.’

1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vii. 219 The first one to get off, gets scragged by the other lads.

1977 H. Fast Immigrants iii. 193 Now they've scragged me, ruined me, destroyed me.

d. To kill, murder. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > murder or assassinate [verb (transitive)]

amurderOE

murderc1175

homicidec1470

murdresc1480

murtrish1490

manquell1548

slaughter1582

massacre1591

assassinate1600

remove1609

assassin1620

to do the business for a person1759

Septembrize1794

croak1823

square1888

shift1898

to take out1900

to bump off1907

bump1914

to do in1914

to put out1917

to knock off1919

terminate1920

to give (a person) the works1929

scrag1930

snuff1932

wash1941

waste1964

wipe1968

to terminate with extreme prejudice1969

neutralize1970

snuff1973

stiff1974

1930 D. Runyon in Collier's 20 Dec. 13/4 John the Boss is a very fine character, and it is a terrible blow to many citizens when he is scragged.

1938 D. Runyon Furthermore iii. 51 I see by the papers where three Brooklyn citizens are scragged.

1950 Reader's Digest Nov. 57 If they aim at me they will overshoot or undershoot and scrag some scared civilian.

2. (Not slang.) To subject (a spring or suspension system) to scragging (see below). Also with out: to shorten the normal length of a spring by (a specified amount) by means of scragging.Originally in a different sense (see quot. 1909).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > operate mechanism [verb (transitive)] > extend and compress spring to improve strength

scrag1909

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > operate mechanism [verb (transitive)] > extend and compress spring to improve strength > shorten length of spring by

scrag1909

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Scrag, Mech., to bend, as spring steel to test it.

1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xi. 89 That spring would be subjected to probably another 3¹/ ₂ ins. or even 4 ins. test to ‘scrag out’ the unwanted ¹/ ₄ in.

1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xxxvii. 396 (caption) The finished spring being scragged.

1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 308/1 The spring is wound somewhat longer than the required length and then scragged by compressing it to closure several times.

1969 Maxi Workshop Man. (Brit. Leyland Motor Corp.) x. A7 After fitting a new displacer unit to the front or rear suspension, the system should be scragged by raising the fluid pressure, to above its normal pressure, for a short period.

1972 Pract. Motorist Oct. 87/2 If the displacer isn't scragged, it takes up a ‘set’ with the car's weight upon it—it becomes permanently compressed and the car assumes a list.

Compounds

scrag-boy n. the hangman.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman

boiec1320

hangman1393

hangerc1430

lockman1488

burrioc1540

bourreauc1550

burriourc1550

derrickc1600

passport-maker1602

topman1607

derrick-jastro?1609

verdugo1616

windpipe-stretcher1617

Gregorya1658

locksman1682

Ketch1685

Jack Ketch1696

finisher of the law1708

topsman1825

scrag-boy1843

scragger1897

1843 J. E. Walsh in Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 666/2 De scrag-boy may yet be outwitted.

Derivatives

ˈscragging n. in senses of the verb; also spec. the process of extending a new spring beyond the desired normal length, and then compressing it, in order to improve its strength and set; an analogous process applied to a hydraulic suspension system in a motor vehicle; also attributive in scragging-post, the gallows.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun]

hanginga1300

hangmentc1440

gallows1483

gibbet1502

Tyburn checka1529

Tyburn stretch1573

caudle of hempseed1588

hempen caudle1588

swinging1591

rope law1592

rope-leap1611

cording1619

turn1631

nubbing1673

cravatting1683

gibbetation1689

topping1699

Tyburn jig1699

noosing1819

scragging1819

Tyburn tie1828

Newgate hornpipe1829

dance upon nothing1841

drop1887

suspension1909

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows

gallowsOE

gallows-treea1000

warytre?a1200

gibbet?c1225

gallow-forka1250

forkc1275

juisec1320

forchesc1380

crossa1382

treec1425

patible1428

justice1484

potencec1500

haltera1533

turning-tree1548

potentc1550

three treesa1566

chates1567

mare1568

furel1587

bough1590

gibe1590

derrickc1600

hangrella1605

cross-tree1638

Gregorian tree1641

wooden horse1642

timber-marec1650

triple tree1651

furca1653

nubbing1673

a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678

nub1699

Tyburn tree1728

raven-stone1738

picture frame1785

crap1789

lamp-iron1790

Moll Blood1818

stifler1818

scragging-post1819

government signposta1828

leafless tree1830

shuggie-shue1836

doom-tree1837

stob1860–62

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > spring > extending and compressing to improve strength

scragging1923

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. Scragging-post, the gallows.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. v. i. 383 I wish I was as certain of my reward, as that Turpin will eventually figure at the scragging post.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) x. 95 Never mind George Barnvell..it's always been my opinion, mind you, that the young 'ooman deserved scragging a precious sight more than he did.

1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xi. 90 American practice invariably indulges in scragging machines of the ‘bull-dozer’ type.

1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xxxvii. 395 An illustration of ‘scragging’ as carried out in this country is shown by Fig. 201, which shows a 12-plate..spring undergoing its test.

1949 A. Hynd We are Public Enemies 79 The Ash Brothers had committed the scragging.

1959 ‘M. Innes’ Hare sitting Up ii. iii. 61 We absolutely soaked them with our water jugs, and they gave us a wonderful scragging afterwards.

1960 Dict. Mech. Engin. (ed. 8) App. 486 Scragging, the process of testing carriage and locomotive springs by impulsive loading.

1969 Maxi Workshop Man. (Brit. Leyland Motor Corp.) x. A7 (heading) Displacer unit ‘scragging’.

1977 R. B. Ross Handbk. Metal Treatm. 338 Scragging... The process is that the spring, when initially formed, is made longer than the design requirements. By applying the necessary compression load, the length of the spring is reduced and at the same time compressive stresses are applied to the surfaces of the spring.

ˈscragger n. the hangman.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman

boiec1320

hangman1393

hangerc1430

lockman1488

burrioc1540

bourreauc1550

burriourc1550

derrickc1600

passport-maker1602

topman1607

derrick-jastro?1609

verdugo1616

windpipe-stretcher1617

Gregorya1658

locksman1682

Ketch1685

Jack Ketch1696

finisher of the law1708

topsman1825

scrag-boy1843

scragger1897

1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 213 We're all a-stuffed in 'ere till the scragger comes along for you fellows.

Draft additions 1993

[Perhaps back-formation on scraggy adj.¹, with reference to the resultant appearance.] To scrape or drag (one's hair) back or up. Also transferred. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > arrange

truss1340

flarec1550

puff1884

stiver1886

scrape1926

scrag1937

1937 N. Coward Present Indicative i. 63 Stoj's appearance at night with her hair scragged back in Hinde's curlers.

1958 L. Durrell Mountolive xv. 291 Their little faces were heavily painted, their hair scragged up in ribbons and plaits.

1981 B. Ashley Dodgem vi. 132 The net curtain was scragged aside and she was over the sill.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1542

n.²1567

n.³1903

v.1756

单词	scrag
释义	scragn.¹ Brit. /skraɡ/, U.S. /skræɡ/ Forms: Also 1500s skrag, skragge, 1700s scraig, scragg. Etymology: As the senses are those of the older crag n.² (and n.³), it is probable that this is an alteration of that word, due to some feeling of phonetic expressiveness. The senses below are placed in the order of their first appearance in our quots.; the order of arrangement in crag n.² is probably in accordance with that of development. 1. A lean person or animal. (In depreciatory use.) Cf. crag n.³ (which occurs only in Udall). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 270 I feare..yonder same spare slendre skragges and pale salowe coloured whooresoonnes [L. graciles illos ac pallidos]. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 61 We behold a windbeaten hard shrimp, With lanck wan visadge,..A meigre leane rake..When the skrag had marcked [etc.]. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. L4^v Horace was a goodly Corpulent Gentleman, and not so leane a hollow-cheekt Scrag as thou art. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 66 The elder sort of them are rough, hard, thinne and leane scragges,..nothing but skinne and bone. 1657 Lusts Dominion iv. v. sig. F4 You see I am but a scrag, my Lord; my legs are not of the biggest. c1815 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) III. 379 May be some bird had whispered Daisy [his charger] that I had been to see the grand reviews at Paris on a little scrag of a Cossack, while my own gallant trooper was left behind. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 275 We are going to catch every scrag that comes this way from the Pest. 2. The lean and inferior end of a neck of mutton (or veal). Also (earlier) scrag-end (alsotransferred). Cf. crag-end n. at crag n.² Compounds. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > neck > inferior end scraga1644 crag-enda1665 scraggy end1725 a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) v. i The Devill a bit of meat have I gotten these nine dayes, but once a leane scrag end of a Neck of Mutton. 1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 29 To dress a Neck of Mutton. Take the best End..and cut it into Stakes..: Take the Scrag-End of the Mutton, break it in pieces [etc.]. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 33 A Leg of Mutton..: Or a fine Neck, with the Scraig cut off. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 35 Shalot-Sauce for a Scraig of Mutton boiled. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. v. iii. 107 They sat down..to a Scrag of Mutton and Broth. a1754 H. Fielding Fathers (1778) iv. i. 67 I..may not marry whom I please, but must have cramm'd down my throat some..scrag end of a woman of quality. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 32 Boil the scragg an hour before you put in the other end [of the neck]. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iii. 50 Cut a Scrag-end of a Neck of Veal in Pieces. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iii. 52 Take a scrag of Veal [etc.]. 1837 T. Hood Hymeneal Retrospect. i. viii That neck, not a swan could excel it in grace,..Though now a grave 'kerchief you properly place, To conceal the scrag-end of your charms! 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xix. 71 Lady MacScrew,..serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. 1874 Mrs. H. Wood Master of Greylands (new ed.) xxxi. 366 I could only get the scrag end this morning, aunt: the best end was sold. 3. The neck (of a sheep). Cf. crag n.² Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > (parts of) jaw or neck fix-faxc1460 wattle1725 scrag1842 1842 J. Bischoff Woollen Manuf. (1862) II. 384 The scrag or neck should be strong and masculine. 1869 Daily News 7 Aug. 5/3 The judges thought the breed much improved, both in their scrags and general symmetry. 4. slang. The neck (of a human being). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] swirec888 neckeOE halseOE hattrelc1330 cannelc1400 channelc1425 crag1488 kennel?1533 pile1584 neck-piece1605 neck parta1627 nub1673 cervix1741 squeeze1819 scrag1829 1756 [implied in: W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 111 Many an honester man than he..has been scragg'd... Scragg'd, said she, is being hung in chains. (at scrag v. 1a)]. 1829 W. Maginn tr. E. F. Vidocq et al. Mem. IV. 266 I adwise you to nose on your pals,..that'll be the best vay To save your scrag. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 298 I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat. 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 43 And you must sport..a yellow wipe tied loosily Round your scrag. 1887 W. E. Henley Villon's Straight Tip 27 Until the squeezer nips your scrag. 5. scrag-whale n. a finner-whale of the sub-family Agaphelinæ, esp. Agaphelus gibbosus, common in the North Atlantic; so also †scrag-tail whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual) gibbert1601 jubartes1616 fin-fish1694 scrag-whale1701 fin-back1726 finner1793 razorback1815 rorqual1824 fin-whale1885 sei whale1912 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 45 A Scrag-tail Whale. 1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 258 The Scrag Whale is near a-kin to the Fin-back, but, instead of a Fin upon his Back, the Ridge of the After-part of his Back is scragged with half a Dozen Knobs or Nuckles. 1835 O. Macy Hist. Nantucket i. ii. 28 A whale, of the kind called ‘scragg’, came into the harbor. 1850 Catal. Mammalia Brit. Mus. i. 18 Balæna gibbosa. The Scrag Whale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scragn.² Brit. /skraɡ/, U.S. /skræɡ/ Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare shrag n., scrog n., shrog n. Now chiefly dialect. 1. A stump of a tree; also, a rough projection (on a pole, trunk, or stump of a tree, rock, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump stock862 moreeOE stub967 zuche1358 stumpc1440 scrag1567 stool1577 brock1772 stow1774 hagsnar1796 stab1807 spronk1838 tree stool1898 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > rough scrag1567 snag1586 snub1590 snug1665 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 99^v The sielie Beast to scape the Dogs did iumpe vpon a roote. The rotten scrag it burst, from Cliffe to Seas he fell. 1574 R. Scot Perfite Platforme of Hoppe Garden 30 It is very necessarie that your Poales be streyght without scrags or knobbes. 1855 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 346 His wish was,..Only liberty to cut, of scrags and waste wood, what would suffice for his charring-purposes, in those wild forests. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xviii. 174 It was a rough part, all hanging stone, and heather, and bit scrags of birchwood. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Scrag, a crooked, forked branch. 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. xvi. 248 He took the springy spar of ash..and getting a good purchase against a scrag of flint, brought the convexity of his pole to bear on the topmost jag of boulder. 2. Rough, rocky and barren ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] > rough roughlOE break1820 scrag1858 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 359 Friedrich Wilhelm found it scrag and quagmire; and left it what the Tourist sees. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. iii. 426 Fields grew green again, desolate scrubs and scrags yielding to grass and corn. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. x. 242 Nypern, with its bogs and scrags. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scragn.³ Brit. /skraɡ/, U.S. /skræɡ/ Etymology: < scrag v. 1b. slang. rare. In Rugby football, a rough tackle. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres scrimmaging1776 throw on1845 rush1857 catch1858 maul1860 touch1863 mauling1864 touch-in-goal1869 goal-kicking1871 throw-forward1871 sidestepping1877 handing1882 punting1882 heel1886 touch kicking1889 forward pass1890 scrumming1892 touch-finding1895 heeling1896 wheel1897 scrag1903 reverse pass1907 jinka1914 hand-off1916 play-the-ball1918 gather1921 pivot pass1922 sidestep1927 smother-tackle1927 stiff-arm1927 heel-back1929 scissors1948 rucking1949 loose scrummaging1952 cut-through1960 pivot break1960 put-in1962 chip kicking1963 box kicking1971 peel1973 chip and chase1976 tap penalty1976 1903 P. G. Wodehouse Tales of St. Austin's 105 There's all the difference between a decent tackle and a bally scrag like the one that doubled Tony up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scragv. Brit. /skraɡ/, U.S. /skræɡ/ Etymology: < scrag n.¹ Chiefly slang. 1. a. transitive. To hang (on the gallows). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 111 Many an honester man than he..has been scragg'd... Scragg'd, said she, is being hung in chains. 1780 R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral 10 If he does, he'll to Tyburn..be dragg'd, And what kiddy's so rum as to get himself scragg'd. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xix. 334 If he pikes, we shall all be scragged. 1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 208 So Justice was sure,..And the Sergeant, in spite of his ‘Gammon’, got ‘scragg'd’. b. To wring the neck of; also, to garrotte. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > garrotte scrag1823 garrotte1851 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling aworryc885 achokeOE astrangle1297 strangle13.. worry14.. choke1303 weary1340 gnarec1380 athroatc1400 enstranglec1400 gagc1440 throttlec1450 estrangle1483 stifle1548 snarl1563 thrapple1570 quackle1622 bowstring1803 scrag1823 strangulate1846 mug1866 to screw a person's neck1872 garrotte1878 guzzle1885 to screw an animal's neck1888 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 213 Cock-feeders, when they twist the necks of their dungs, call it scragging them. 1883 W. E. Norris No New Thing xxv ‘Confound the fellow!’ he exclaimed; ‘I wish to heaven his mother had scragged him when he was a baby!’ 1886 W. H. Mallock Old Order Changes I. 290 That I might send some minion to meet him and have him scragged on the road. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 429/2 (Football) Scrag, (R.) to screw an opponent's neck under the arm in order to induce him to drop the ball. c. To treat (someone) roughly, to manhandle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE ransacka1400 attamec1430 ruffle1489 tug1493 to shear against the wool1546 rumble1570 finger1572 to pull about1679 misguggle1814 rowdy1825 to jerk around1833 scrag1835 rough1845 hooligan1898 roughhouse1898 savage1899 to rough up1915 to treat 'em rough1918 1835 Sessions Paper of Central Criminal Court May 87 He did not take him by the collar and shake him—he did not collar him at all till after the blow was struck, nor push him at all—I did not hear Emerson say, ‘You b——, I'll scrag you.’ 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 31 Oct. 4/3 ‘What makes the crowd get up and yell?’ inquired the fairy maid. ‘They've scragged a man, they've scragged a man,’ the woolly rooter said. 1938 ‘J. Spenser’ Crime against Society xiii. 126 She might wonder if you hadn't been gettin' scragged in a knockin' shop for not payin' yer dues. 1947 N. Balchin Lord, I was Afraid 52 Before he could say another word they scragged him. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 198 The term ‘scragging’ is recurrent everywhere, and seems in fact to be different from giving someone a ‘beating up’ or ‘bashing’. One boy makes the distinction: ‘To scrag is a more gentle way of having a kind of hurtful revenge. You pull his hair and take his tie off and that sort of thing.’ 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vii. 219 The first one to get off, gets scragged by the other lads. 1977 H. Fast Immigrants iii. 193 Now they've scragged me, ruined me, destroyed me. d. To kill, murder. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > murder or assassinate [verb (transitive)] amurderOE murderc1175 homicidec1470 murdresc1480 murtrish1490 manquell1548 slaughter1582 massacre1591 assassinate1600 remove1609 assassin1620 to do the business for a person1759 Septembrize1794 croak1823 square1888 shift1898 to take out1900 to bump off1907 bump1914 to do in1914 to put out1917 to knock off1919 terminate1920 to give (a person) the works1929 scrag1930 snuff1932 wash1941 waste1964 wipe1968 to terminate with extreme prejudice1969 neutralize1970 snuff1973 stiff1974 1930 D. Runyon in Collier's 20 Dec. 13/4 John the Boss is a very fine character, and it is a terrible blow to many citizens when he is scragged. 1938 D. Runyon Furthermore iii. 51 I see by the papers where three Brooklyn citizens are scragged. 1950 Reader's Digest Nov. 57 If they aim at me they will overshoot or undershoot and scrag some scared civilian. 2. (Not slang.) To subject (a spring or suspension system) to scragging (see below). Also with out: to shorten the normal length of a spring by (a specified amount) by means of scragging.Originally in a different sense (see quot. 1909). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > operate mechanism [verb (transitive)] > extend and compress spring to improve strength scrag1909 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > operate mechanism [verb (transitive)] > extend and compress spring to improve strength > shorten length of spring by scrag1909 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Scrag, Mech., to bend, as spring steel to test it. 1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xi. 89 That spring would be subjected to probably another 3¹/ ₂ ins. or even 4 ins. test to ‘scrag out’ the unwanted ¹/ ₄ in. 1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xxxvii. 396 (caption) The finished spring being scragged. 1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 308/1 The spring is wound somewhat longer than the required length and then scragged by compressing it to closure several times. 1969 Maxi Workshop Man. (Brit. Leyland Motor Corp.) x. A7 After fitting a new displacer unit to the front or rear suspension, the system should be scragged by raising the fluid pressure, to above its normal pressure, for a short period. 1972 Pract. Motorist Oct. 87/2 If the displacer isn't scragged, it takes up a ‘set’ with the car's weight upon it—it becomes permanently compressed and the car assumes a list. Compounds scrag-boy n. the hangman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 1843 J. E. Walsh in Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 666/2 De scrag-boy may yet be outwitted. Derivatives ˈscragging n. in senses of the verb; also spec. the process of extending a new spring beyond the desired normal length, and then compressing it, in order to improve its strength and set; an analogous process applied to a hydraulic suspension system in a motor vehicle; also attributive in scragging-post, the gallows. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] hanginga1300 hangmentc1440 gallows1483 gibbet1502 Tyburn checka1529 Tyburn stretch1573 caudle of hempseed1588 hempen caudle1588 swinging1591 rope law1592 rope-leap1611 cording1619 turn1631 nubbing1673 cravatting1683 gibbetation1689 topping1699 Tyburn jig1699 noosing1819 scragging1819 Tyburn tie1828 Newgate hornpipe1829 dance upon nothing1841 drop1887 suspension1909 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows gallowsOE gallows-treea1000 warytre?a1200 gibbet?c1225 gallow-forka1250 forkc1275 juisec1320 forchesc1380 crossa1382 treec1425 patible1428 justice1484 potencec1500 haltera1533 turning-tree1548 potentc1550 three treesa1566 chates1567 mare1568 furel1587 bough1590 gibe1590 derrickc1600 hangrella1605 cross-tree1638 Gregorian tree1641 wooden horse1642 timber-marec1650 triple tree1651 furca1653 nubbing1673 a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678 nub1699 Tyburn tree1728 raven-stone1738 picture frame1785 crap1789 lamp-iron1790 Moll Blood1818 stifler1818 scragging-post1819 government signposta1828 leafless tree1830 shuggie-shue1836 doom-tree1837 stob1860–62 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > spring > extending and compressing to improve strength scragging1923 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. Scragging-post, the gallows. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. v. i. 383 I wish I was as certain of my reward, as that Turpin will eventually figure at the scragging post. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) x. 95 Never mind George Barnvell..it's always been my opinion, mind you, that the young 'ooman deserved scragging a precious sight more than he did. 1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xi. 90 American practice invariably indulges in scragging machines of the ‘bull-dozer’ type. 1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xxxvii. 395 An illustration of ‘scragging’ as carried out in this country is shown by Fig. 201, which shows a 12-plate..spring undergoing its test. 1949 A. Hynd We are Public Enemies 79 The Ash Brothers had committed the scragging. 1959 ‘M. Innes’ Hare sitting Up ii. iii. 61 We absolutely soaked them with our water jugs, and they gave us a wonderful scragging afterwards. 1960 Dict. Mech. Engin. (ed. 8) App. 486 Scragging, the process of testing carriage and locomotive springs by impulsive loading. 1969 Maxi Workshop Man. (Brit. Leyland Motor Corp.) x. A7 (heading) Displacer unit ‘scragging’. 1977 R. B. Ross Handbk. Metal Treatm. 338 Scragging... The process is that the spring, when initially formed, is made longer than the design requirements. By applying the necessary compression load, the length of the spring is reduced and at the same time compressive stresses are applied to the surfaces of the spring. ˈscragger n. the hangman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 213 We're all a-stuffed in 'ere till the scragger comes along for you fellows. Draft additions 1993 [Perhaps back-formation on scraggy adj.¹, with reference to the resultant appearance.] To scrape or drag (one's hair) back or up. Also transferred. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > arrange truss1340 flarec1550 puff1884 stiver1886 scrape1926 scrag1937 1937 N. Coward Present Indicative i. 63 Stoj's appearance at night with her hair scragged back in Hinde's curlers. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive xv. 291 Their little faces were heavily painted, their hair scragged up in ribbons and plaits. 1981 B. Ashley Dodgem vi. 132 The net curtain was scragged aside and she was over the sill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1542n.²1567n.³1903v.1756
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