scoury adjective3 •Suffering from scouring (diarrhea).... scoury, weak, drawn up, and unpromising. I still continued to feed the cows heavily because I wanted them to grow the calves well. But I couldn't get the calves to do any good,[…] — 1916 •Shabby.... [the] scoury-looking fellow I saw you speaking to at the bridge-end that day of our Sacrament was one of that kind of folk? — 1876 •Showery, marked by intermittent rain showers and wind.'... scoury (tempestuous) night.' — 1900
