Meaning

(Northern England, Scotland) Shade, shadow..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Northern England, Scotland) Shade, shadow.
2. (Northern England, Scotland) A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
3. (dialectal) A squirrel.
4. (dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.
5. (Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To shelter; to protect.
6. (Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To hide; to take shelter.

Example Sentences

We was jickering along […] under the scug o' the hill.

"Let's go scug-hunting" is a common phrase. […] a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and scugs (squirrels).

[…] before the lower school scugs got there, and pitched it in at Acropolis.

Scug, Et[on]. Har[row]. Negatively, a boy who is not distinguished in person, in games, or social qualities. Positively, a boy of untidy, dirty, or ill-mannered habits; one whose sense of propriety is not fully developed.

A scug was an untidy, ill-mannered, and morally undeveloped boy, a shirker at games, bumptious and arrogant. If not naturally vicious, a scug was considered degenerate.

Word Forms

• scugs
• skug
• scoug
• skoog
• scugging
• scugged

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