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Quotation dates: 1513
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(Scuggy,) Skuggy, adj. Also: skowgy, skog(g)y. [Scug(g n.] Of trees: That cast shadow; providing shade. Only in Doug. — 1513 Doug. vii ix 54.
Quham the sydis of a thik wod of tre Closis full dern with skowgy [Sm. skogy, Ruddim. skuggy] bewys hie 1513 Doug. viii x 9.
Ane thyk ayk wod of skowgy [Sm., Ruddim. skuggy] fyrris stowt Belappys all the said cuthill abowt 1513 Doug. (1553) x iv 68 (see Scroggy adj. b).
Skoggy
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