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Webster 1913 Edition
Churlish
Churl′ish
,Adj.
1.
Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
“Churlish benefits.” Ld. Burleigh.
Half mankind maintain a
churlish
strife. Cowper.
2.
Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought;
as, a
. churlish
soil; the churlish
and intractable nature of some mineralsBoyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Churlish
CHURLISH
,Adj.
1.
Rude; surly; austere; sullen; rough in temper; unfeeling; uncivil.2.
Selfish; narrow-minded; avaricious.3.
[Of things.] Unpliant; unyielding; cross-grained; harsh; unmanageable; as churlish metal.4.
Hard; firm; as a churlish knot.5.
Obstinate; as a churlish war.