Scroyle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scroyle \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.
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