Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough. / (figuratively) Disgusting, repellent. / (figuratively) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.

(anatomy) Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.

Having a modest scope or extent. / Drawn or constructed at a small size, without much detail.

A person who attempts to defraud others by presenting a fraudulent offer and pretending that it is legitimate; a con artist.

(derogatory) A rascal. / (derogatory, archaic) A scrawny cow.

(chiefly in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft. / (archaic) A small portion, a scant amount.

Not plentiful; small; scanty.

(mathematics) Any function whose domain is a vector space and whose value is its scalar field

The rhythm or meter of a line or verse. / The act of analysing the meter of poetry.

(of text) Put into a rhythmic form or meter. / (by extension) Impose patterns on.