scoury

adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Showery, marked by intermittent rain showers and wind.

'... scoury (tempestuous) night.'

"... scoury night," he said, as he looked up into the dark, portentous sky.

adj

1

Suffering from scouring (diarrhea).

... scoury calves sometimes die. As with so many livestock disorders, prevention is the name of the game. At one time every calf I brought on the farm caught a wicked brand of scours. Evidently, previously purchased baby bovines had[…]

... scoury, weak, drawn up, and unpromising. I still continued to feed the cows heavily because I wanted them to grow the calves well. But I couldn't get the calves to do any good,[…]

2

Shabby.

... [the] scoury-looking fellow I saw you speaking to at the bridge-end that day of our Sacrament was one of that kind of folk?

... scoury coat, ...

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