skag

English

Noun

skag (countable and uncountable, plural skags)

  1. (nautical) Alternative form of skeg
  2. (slang) Alternative spelling of scag heroin.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse skagi m (“far projecting promontory”), skag n (“a bare and open or protruding place”). Hence the name of the Danish cape Skagen. Compare North Frisian skage (“die äusserste gränze, so weit das feld ausläuft”).

Noun

skag n

  1. a bare and open or protruding place
  2. headland
  3. projection from the roof, over the vestibule porch

Derived terms

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