scrannel

English

Etymology

Compare scrawny.

Adjective

scrannel (comparative more scrannel, superlative most scrannel)

1. slight; thin; lean; poor
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     their scrannel pipes of wretched straw

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scrannel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)