scrag n OED ~ sb2 'stump of a tree' now dial; EDD sb1 3 'broken bough' Gl Do. Tree stump; small burnt or broken tree or bush; CRAN, CRUNNICK.
T 5/9-63 'Twas a burnt-over country too, you know, and scrags of trees, and windfalls that he had to go through. Q 67-29 ~s. Alders and small birch. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 241 ~s. Small burned bushes on the barrens.
