Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scragged \Scrag"ged\, a.
   1. Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy;
      as, a scragged backbone.

   2. Lean and rough; scraggy.

Source : WordNet®

scrag
     n 1: lean end of the neck
     2: the lean end of a neck of veal [syn: {scrag end}]
     v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during
          the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: {garrote}, {garrotte}, {garotte}]
     2: wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn: {choke}]
     [also: {scragging}, {scragged}]

scragged
     See {scrag}