·adj Scale-winged.
·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. Sordid. How scaly the cove is; how mean the fellow is. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Mean; stingy.--Halliwell. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
·adj Swift; rapid. II. Winged ·adj Wounded or hurt in the wing. III. Winged ·adj Fanned with wings...
An honest, rough, blunt sailor. ...
·adj Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an <<Eagle>>. ...
·adj Beady for flight; eager. II. Full-winged ·adj Having large and strong or complete wings. ...
·adj Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; — said of ba...
·adj Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies. ...
·adj Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. ...
·adj Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of t...
·adj Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged. ...
·adj Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle. ...
·adj Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. ...