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A steep, rugged rock; a cough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge. From crag to crag the signal fiew. Sir W. Scott.

Full of crags, or steep, broken Into its cragged rents descend. J. Baillie.

The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.

The state of being craggy.

Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as, the craggy side of a mountain. "The craggy ledge." Tennyson.

One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves.

f meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck. Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. Thackeray.

Having a scraggy neck.

Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.

Quality or state of being scragged.

in a scraggy manner.

The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness.

Rough with irregular points; scragged. "A scraggy rock." J. Philips.

See Scraggy.

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.

The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.

Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.

Having cliffs; broken; craggy.

A cliff. [Obs.] That gainst the craggy clifts did loudly roar. Spenser.