Mi"ser (mī"z&etilde;r), n. [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. mi^sos hate, misei^n to hate:
cf. It. & Sp. misero wretched, avaricious.]
1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.
The woeful
words of a miser now despairing.
Sir P. Sidney.
2. A despicable person; a wretch. [Obs.]
Shak.
3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake
of saving and increasing his hoard.
As
some lone miser, visiting his store,
Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er.
Goldsmith. 4. A kind of large earth auger. Knight.
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