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Ras"cal (răs"k&aitalic_;l), n. [OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF. racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. See Rase, v.]
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1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.]
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He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19).
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Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. Shak.
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2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
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For I have sense to serve my turn in store,
And he's a rascal who pretends to more. Dryden.
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Ras"cal, a. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. “The rascal many.” Spencer. “The rascal people.” Shak.
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While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak.
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