— scarecrowish, scarecrowy , adj.
/skair"kroh'/ , n.
1. an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops.
2. anything frightening but not really dangerous.
3. a person in ragged clothes.
4. an extremely thin person.
[ 1545-55; SCARE + CROW 1 ]