An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Germ. schrag, obliquus.

Scroggy, Skroggy, adj.
1. Stunted, S.
Douglas.
2. Abounding with stunted bushes, S.
Ramsay.

SCROINOCH, SCRYNOCH, s. Noise, tumult, Aberd.
Shirrefs.

Sw. skraen, clamor stridulus.

SCROOFE, SCRUFE, s.
1. A thin crust of any kind, S.
R. Bruce.
2. Money that is both thin and base.
Knox.

Su. G. skorf, the scurf of a wound.

Scrufan, s. A thin scurf; as, a scrufan of ice, S. B.

Su. G. skrof, glacies rara.

SCROPPIT, adj. Sordid.
Bannatyne P.

Belg. schrobben, to scrub, schrobber, a mean fellow.