n. & v.
n. 1 (also scrag-end) the inferior end of a neck of mutton. 2 a skinny person or animal. 3 colloq. a person's neck.
v.tr. (scragged, scragging) sl. 1 strangle, hang. 2 seize roughly by the neck. 3 handle roughly; beat up.
[ perh. alt. f. dial. crag neck, rel. to MDu. craghe, MLG krage ]