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Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. Dryden.

A scroll. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.

A sea purse.

The chough. [Ireland]

Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.

One who contrives to give himself vexation. [Archaic.] Sir P. Sidney.

The thar.

A shrew. [Obs.] Shak.

See Shrood. [Prov. Eng.]

having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! Chaucer. The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. Rambler.

Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. [Obs.] Shak.

Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." Chaucer. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matt. xxvi. 38.

Free from sorrow.

s of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under H…

Asparagus. [Colloq.] See the Note under Asparagus.

An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.

Same as Strew. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. Milton. A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished. M. Arnold.

To stroll. [Obs.]