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Money; -- in contempt. The fatal muck we quarreled for. Beau. & Fl. Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once. -- Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight.

A paramour; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak.

A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.]

The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.

Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension. Shall names that made yuor city the glory of the earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction Addison.

at his blessed feet. Milton. Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.

Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language. Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.

left to the United States of America, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptible and miserable, as a nation. Washington.

A gibe; a contemptuous remark.

A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah. Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. Shak.

Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. Cowper. The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. Byron.

Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]

The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. Ps. vii. 16. Fat paunches have lean pate. Shak.

A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] Shak.

To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. De Quincey.

The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet. Shak.

on as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt. "If I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him." Sir P. Sidney. Thy mother was a piece of virtue. Shak. His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world. Coleridge. a piece of cake, a ta…