Scare

skār, v.t. to drive away by frightening: to strike with sudden terror: to startle, to affright.— n. an imaginary alarm: a sudden panic.— adj. lean, scanty.— ns. Scare′-babe , a bugbear; Scare′-bug ; Scare′crow , anything set up to scare away crows or other birds: a vain cause of terror: a person meanly clad: the black tern; Scare′-fire , a fire-alarm: a conflagration. [M. E. skerren — skerre , frightened—Ice. skjarr , timid.]