scug

Shade, shadow.

A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).

We was jickering along […] under the scug o' the hill.

A squirrel.

"Let's go scug-hunting" is a common phrase. […] a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and scugs (squirrels).

A lower-school or inferior boy.

[…] before the lower school scugs got there, and pitched it in at Acropolis.

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.

To shelter; to protect.

To hide; to take shelter.