SCUG

Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• USCG

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



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