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RAS'CAL, n.

A mean fellow; a scoundrel; in modern usage, a trickish dishonest fellow; a rogue; particularly applied to men and boys guilty of the lesser crimes, and indicating less enormity or guilt than villain.

I have sense to serve my turn in store, and he's a rascal who pretends to more.

RAS'CAL, a.

1. Lean; as a rascal deer.

2. Mean; low.
1913 Definition
Rascal (rascal)
n.(r1913 webster dictionarys"kal)
Ras"cal
[OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF. racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. See Rase<
  1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer.
    [Obs.]

    He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19).

    Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. Shak.

  2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.

    For I have sense to serve my turn in store,
    And he's a rascal who pretends to more.
    Dryden.

  3. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.
    "The rascal many." Spenser. "The rascal people." Shak.

    While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak.


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