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Webster 1913 Edition
Meagre
{
, Mea′ger
,Mea′gre
}Adj.
1.
Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
Meager
were his looks;Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
Shakespeare
2.
Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery;
as,
. Opposite of meager
resources; meager
fareample
. [wns=1]
[Narrower terms: exiguous
] [Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal
] [Narrower terms: measly, miserable, paltry
] “Meager soil.” Dryden.
Syn. – meagre, meagerly, scanty.
Of secular habits and
meager
religious belief. I. Taylor.
His education had been but
meager
. Motley.
3.
(Min.)
Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
Syn. – Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren.
{
, Mea′ger
,Mea′gre
}Verb.
T.
To make lean.
[Obs.]
Mea′gre
,Noun.
[F.
maigre
.] (Zool.)
A large European sciaenoid fish (
Sciaena umbra
or Sciaena aquila
), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also
maigre
.]