scrag

  1. Noun.  (archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal. (defdate, from the 16th c.) .
  2. Noun.  (archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
  3. Noun.  (archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep.
  4. Noun.  (Scotland) A scrog.
  5. Noun.  (Australia) (slang) A rough or unkempt woman.
  6. Verb.  (obsolete) (colloquial) To hang on a gallows, or to strangle or garotte or choke.
  7. Verb.  To harass, to manhandle.
  8. Verb.  To kill or destroy. .

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