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Shug vs Scug - What's the difference?

shug | scug |

As verbs the difference between shug and scug

is that shug is (uk|dialect|obsolete) to writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch while scug is (scottish|transitive) to shelter; to protect.

As a noun scug is

(scottish) shade, shadow.

shug

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.

    • Anagrams

    * * English diminutives of male given names

    scug

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scottish) shade, shadow.
  • (Scottish) a shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
  • (dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1881 , author=C. E. Pascoe , title=Everyday Life in our Public Schools , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=312 , passage= Scug , Et[on]. Har[row]. Negatively, a boy who is not distinguished in person, in games, or social qualities. Positively, a boy of untidy, dirty, or ill-mannered habits; one whose sense of propriety is not fully developed.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1969 , author=Ralph G. Martin , title=Jennie: the Life of Lady Randolph Churchill: The romantic years, 1854-1895 , publisher=Prentice-Hall , url= , isbn= , page=54 , passage=A scug' was an untidy, ill-mannered , and morally undeveloped boy, a shirker at games, bumptious and arrogant. If not naturally vicious, a ' scug was considered degenerate.}}

    Verb

  • (Scottish) To shelter; to protect.
  • (Scottish) To hide; to take shelter.