scug (plural scugs)
(Northern England, Scottish) Shade, shadow.
(Northern England, Scottish) A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
(dialectal) A squirrel.
(dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.
scug (third-person singular simple present scugs, present participle scugging, simple past and past participle scugged)
(Northern England, Scottish, transitive) To shelter; to protect.
(Northern England, Scottish, intransitive) To hide; to take shelter.
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Source: Wiktionary
Scug, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Dan. skugge to darken, a shade, SW. skugga to shade, a shade, Icel. skuggja to shade, skuggi a shade.]
Definition: To hide. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Scug, n.
Definition: A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
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