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Scroyle

Scroyle \Scroyle\ (skroil), n. [Cf. OF. escrouselle a kind of vermin, escrouelles, pl., scrofula, F. ['e]crouelles, fr. (assumed) LL. scrofellae for L. scrofulae. See Scrofula, and cf. Cruels.] A mean fellow; a wretch. [Obs.]
--Shak.

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scroyle

n. (context obsolete English) A mean fellow; a wretch.

Usage examples of "scroyle".

Thou hast most featly put to flight yon gang of scroyles and saved thy possessions.