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   scrawler
         n 1: a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read
               [syn: {scrawler}, {scribbler}]

English Dictionary: Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier
n
  1. English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
    Synonym(s): Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scrawler \Scrawl"er\ (-[etil]r), n.
      One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran,
      and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin
      to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.]
      The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an
      ocean, lake, or large river.
  
               Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
               Is come shore.                                       --Shak.
  
               The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.            --Spenser.
  
      {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat.
  
      {On shore}. See under {On}.
  
      {Shore birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for the various
            limicoline birds found on the seashore.
  
      {Shore crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or
            between tides, especially any one of various species of
            grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California.
  
      {Shore lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small American lark ({Otocoris
            alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on
            the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark
            brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow
            local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black
            streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear
            tufts. Called also {horned lark}.
  
      {Shore plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large-billed Australian plover
            ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and
            feeds on crustaceans, etc.
  
      {Shore teetan} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus
            obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shrill \Shrill\, a. [Compar. {Shriller}; superl. {Shrillest}.]
      [OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See
      {Shrill},v. i.]
      Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing
      tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces
      a sound.
  
               Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds
               confused.                                                --Shak.
  
               Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surly \Sur"ly\, a. [Compar. {Surlier}; superl. {Surliest}.]
      [Probably from sir, and originally meaning, sirlike, i.e.,
      proud. See {Sir}, and {Like}, a.]
      1. Arrogant; haughty. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
  
      2. Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe;
            sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a
            surly dog; surly language; a surly look. [bd]That surly
            spirit, melancholy.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. Rough; dark; tempestuous.
  
                     Now softened into joy the surly storm. --Thomson.
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