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单词 scroggy
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scroggyadj.

Brit. /ˈskrɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈskrɑɡi/, Scottish English /ˈskrɔɡɪ/
Forms: Also Middle English scrogghy, ( scourgy), 1500s skroggy, 1700s scrogy, 1700s–1800s scroggie.
Etymology: < scrog n. + -y suffix1.
Chiefly Scottish and northern.
Abounding in stunted bushes or underwood. Also, of trees: Stunted.
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c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) viii. 19 And þe wey toward þe Cite was stony, þorny, and scroggy.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) viii. 20 This stony & scourgy wey.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 131 At the mur syde in-till a scrogghy slaid.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. vi. 84 Quhair now standis the goldin Capitoll, Vmquhyll of wyld buskis rouch skroggy knoll.
1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 11 The clinty craigs and scrogy briers.
1788 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 387 We heard nought but the roaring linn Amang the braes sae scroggie.
1843 Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 xi. 66 A sprinkling of scroggy birches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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