Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCROYLE

n. A mean fellow; a wretch. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCROYLE

Scroyle, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. escrouselle a kind of vermin, escrouelles,pl. , scrofula, F. écrouelles, fr. (assumed ) LL. scrofulae. See Scrofula, and cf. Cruels. ]

 

Defn: A mean fellow; a wretch. [Obs. ] hak.