Q: "scrug", a noun from circa 1676?

[John McChesney-Young]

The EDD s.v. "scrog" sb.^2 offers "A quarrel, dispute."

http://books.google.com/books?id=pf0_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA286#v=onepage&q&f=false

John

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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest what "scrug" might be in the following? Â A variant
> spelling of something?
>
> After describing an Indian attack in King Philip's War (circa 1676),
> an observer wondered "what god in such a scrug Intends"....

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