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Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]

Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull.

Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay.

Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. "Shrubby browse." J. Philips.

A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. "An old highland sibyl." Sir W. Scott.

One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies. Cudworth.

Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books. (a) (Rom. Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fate of the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proud from a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian w…

Thick; viscous. They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff. Selden.

A paltry fellow; a sneak. [Obs.] "Such a bashful sneaksby." Barrow.

Snobbish. [R.] E. B. Ramsay.

Short and thick; suqabbish.

One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.

One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.

Abounding with stubs.

One to be sure of, or to be relied on. [Obs.] There is one which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if anything will serve. Bradford.

By that; by that means; in consequence of that. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Job xxii. 21.

A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.

dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin.

Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]…