Meagre

Meagre

(1): ( a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.

(2): ( 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.

(3): ( a.) Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

(4): ( v. t.) To make lean.

(5): ( n.) A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.