adj. Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy.
adj. Lean and rough; scraggy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy.
adj. Lean and rough; scraggy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; full of asperities or surface irregularities; scraggy; ragged.
Lean; thin and bony; showing angularity of form; lacking in plumpness; ill-conditioned.
Word Usage
"'I told you that my grandfather was a shorter,' said the jockey, 'by which is meant a gentleman who shortens or reduces the current coin of these realms, for which practice he was scragged, that is, hung by the scrag of the neck."