Meagre

Meagre - Other Definitions

• (a.) Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
  
  
• (a.) 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.
  
  
• (a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
  
  
• (v. t.) To make lean.
  
  
• (n.) A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
  
  
• (adv.) Poorly; thinly.