(archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal. / (archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end. / (archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep. / (Scotland) A scrog.

(obsolete, colloquial) To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle. / To harass; to manhandle. / To destroy or kill.

plural of scrag

present participle of scrag

Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy. / Lean and rough; scraggy.

A North Atlantic baleen whale now generally considered to be part of an extinct population of the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, once considered by some the young of right whales (Balaenidae).

plural of scrag end

Cheap cut of mutton or lamb. / Leftovers / Less desirable part / Old useless person

plural of scrag-end

A cheap primal cut of lamb or mutton that comes from the forepart of the neck and is typically used in soups or stews. / The scraps of something; the leftover bits.