meagerness, meagreness (gre as ger)

[Eng. meager; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being meager or thin; leanne , thinne ; want or absence of flesh. IMG:content-1016.png:[merged small][ocr errors] stampt a meagerne Beaum. & Flet.: Island Prince , iv. 1. 2. Poorne , barrenne ; want of fertility or rich 3. Scantine , insignificance, poorne . ne . "But Poynings (the better to make compensation of the meagerne e of his service in the warres, by acts of peace) called a parliament." -Bacon: Henry VII ., p. 138. *meak, *mēake, s . [A. S. mece a sword.] A hook with a long handle. "A meake for the pease, and to swing up the brake." Tu er: Husbandry. -meal, *-mele, suff . [A. S. mælum; dat. pl. of mál, a portion.] A suffix denoting division into portions or parts; as, limb- meal = limb by limb, parcel- meal bit by bit, piece- meal =piece by piece. [MEAL (1), 8.]