Middle English Dictionary Entry
scarrī adj.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | scarrī adj.(1) |
Etymology | Cp. OF eschari, escari & MnE dial. scare lean, scraggy. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the human body: lean; ?solid.
Associated quotations
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)239/7 : But thay men wych haue the body more scarry [Abbrev.Trip.: slendre and drye; Lambeth: þicke and drye; L densum et siccum], and the ouertures streyte, shulde vse Sotille diet and in lytill quantite.