Mean. Sordid. How scaly the cove is; how mean the fellow is.
·adj Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. II. Scaly ·adj Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. III. Sca...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Mean; stingy.--Halliwell. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
·adj Scale-winged. ...
An honest, rough, blunt sailor. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose