Defn: To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
SCURRY
Scur"ry, n.
Defn: Act of scurring; hurried movement.
SCURVILY
Scur"vi*ly, adv.
Defn: In a scurvy manner.
SCURVINESS
Scur"vi*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.
SCURVY Scur"vy, a. [Compar. Scurvier; superl. Scurviest.] Etym: [From Scurf; cf. Scurvy, n.]
1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. "Whatsoever man . . . be scurvy or scabbed." lev. xxi. 18, 20.
2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. "A scurvy trick." Ld.
Lytton.
That scurvy custom of taking tobacco. Swift.
[He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms. Shak.