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shrewd (iou) and Malma (medicine)


shrewd (iou)



shrewd adjective & noun. ME.
[Partly from SHREW noun2, partly from SHREW verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
A. adjective.
Of a person or (formerly) a thing: evil in Nature or character; having an evil or bad influence; vile. Formerly also, mischievous, naughty. Long obsolete exc. dial. ME.
b. (Of an animal or thing) dangerous; vicious; (of a weapon) deadly. LME-M17.
a. Characterized or accompanied by evil or misfortune; having harmful or dangerous consequences. ME-E19.
T. Middleton A shrewd business, and a dangerous.
b. Indicating or portending ill; ominous; unfavourable. LME-M18.
Donne If our own heart..condemne us, this is shrewd evidence.
As an intensifier: serious, extreme. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Sir W. Scott That is a shrewd loss.
In bad (esp. physical) condition or order; poor, unsatisfactory. Long arch. rare. LME.
A. C. Swinburne As a fresh odour from a bleak, shrewd soil.
Of a person, speech, etc.: harsh, abusive; shrewish. LME-M17.
Of a blow, wound, or (formerly) fighting: severe, hard. arch. L15.
Of a person, action, observation, etc.: orig., cunning, artful, (chiefly derog.); later, characterized by or displaying astuteness or sagacity, sharply perceptive, clever and judicious. E16.
Tennyson I find you a shrewd bargainer. H. Garland A stream of shrewd comment on Western writers. R. West He made a shrewd guess.
Sharp to the senses; (of wind etc.) piercing, keen. arch. E17.
R. L. Stevenson A shrewd tang of..salt.
Comb.: shrewd-head Austral. & NZ slang a shrewd or cunning person.
b. noun. rare.
A shrewd or cunning person. M19.
Shrewdness, sagacity. L20.
shrewdie noun (colloq., chiefly Austral. & NZ) a shrewd or cunning person E20.
shrewdish adjective somewhat or fairly shrewd E19.
shrewdly adverb ME.
shrewdness noun ME.

Malma (medicine)


malma
<zoology> A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains.

Synonym: Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.

Source: Websters Dictionary