scroyle
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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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scrofula — Scrof u*la, n. [L. scrofulae, fr. scrofa a breeding sow, because swine were supposed to be subject to such a complaint, or by a fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs; perhaps akin to Gr. ? an old sow: cf. F. scrofules. Cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
