Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCRAG
SCRAF'FLESCRAG'GED, or SCRAG'GY
SCRAG, n. [This word is formed from the root of rag, crag, Gr. ῥαχια, ῥαχις, rack. Class Rg.]
Something thin or lean with roughness. A raw-boned person is called a scrag, but the word is vulgar.
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