scug /skʌɡ/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •(slang, old-fashioned) A lower-school or inferior boy.[…] before the lower school scugs got there, and pitched it in at Acropolis. — 1865 •(Scotland, Northern-England) Shade, shadow. •(Scotland, Northern-England) A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).We was jickering along […] under the scug o' the hill. — 1897 •(dialect) A squirrel."Let's go scug-hunting" is a common phrase. […] a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and scugs (squirrels). — 1883 verb2 •(Scotland, Northern-England) To shelter; to protect. •(Scotland, Northern-England) To hide; to take shelter. formsscugged · scugging · scugs
