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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
To make lean. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr ?
long. Cf {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.]
1. Destitue of or having little, flesh; lean.
Meager were his looks Sharp misery had worn him to
the bones. --Shak.
2. 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. ``Meager soil.'' --Dryden.
Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I.
Taylor.
His education had been but meager. --Motley.
3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
meager
adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
resources"; "meager fare" [syn: {meagre}, {meagerly}]
[ant: {ample}]
2: barely adequate; "a meager allowance" [syn: {scrimpy}]
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