To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). / (obsolete) To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied. / (obsolete) To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.

The home or state of impoverished writers and literary hacks.

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. / punishment / something that lacks substance / (slang, US, obsolete) sentimental poetry / (slang, Britain) semen

(transitive) To exhaust, use up, disable / (transitive) to punish / (slang, Britain) ejaculate

having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature. / hoarse-voiced.

To speak gruffly.

(British India) Of goods: bulky.

Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.

Dirty, unwashed, unclean. / (figuratively) Disreputable, sordid. / Having grubs in it.

(US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.