SCRAG

scrag. Scrag, n. any thing thin, the neck, sharp point

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Scrag (skrăg), n. [[Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled, rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog, Shrag, n.]] 1. 1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.
Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. Thackeray. 2. 2. A rawboned person. Halliwell.
3. 3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
Scrag whale (Zoöl.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus gibbosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale.