The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scroggy
Scroggy \Scrog"gy\, a.
Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]
--Halliwell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
scroggy
"overgrown with bushes," Scottish and northern English, mid-15c., from scrog (n.) "a stunted bush, a shrub-like plant" (c.1400), probably related to scrag "a lean person or thing" (1570s); compare scraggly.
Wiktionary
scroggy
a. 1 (context UK Scotland dialect English) Abounding in scrog. 2 (context UK Scotland dialect English) twisted; stunted
Usage examples of "scroggy".
In dry clothes and in good spirits, Jim and George turned their teams onto Scroggy Creek Road, a notorious ninety-mile stretch of trail that has been the undoing of many a Quest team.
Dad told some pretty scroggy ghost stories while he roasted some fish.