Definition of Churlesh
Churl"ish, a. 1.
Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly;
illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." Ld.
Burleigh.
Half mankind maintain a churlish
strife.
Cowper.
2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable;
unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the
churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.
Boyle.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
- Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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