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beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.] He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19). Poor men alone No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. Shak.

State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively. Emerson.

A female rascal. [Humorous]

The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.

A low, mean wretch [Written also rascalion.]

Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty. Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. Swift.

Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

A kind of coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn.

I'll not budge an inch, boy. Shak. The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. Shak.

Money; coin; -- used in contempt. [Obs.] To lock such rascal counters from his friends. Shak.

urious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. "An arrant counterfeit rascal." Shak.

nting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless. The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Shak.

One who duns; a dunner. To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. Arbuthnot.

importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake. The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall. His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton.

Gross; lubberly. Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak.

Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.

A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A wretch; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]