churlish (4 formerly said also of soil and metal)
1.
rude, rough, brutal
AYL. V. iv. 81
“the ‘reply
churlish,’”
Ham. V. i. 262
“churlish
priest,”
Ven. 134.
2.
(of beasts, natural
objects or agencies) rough, violent, ‘unkind’
AYL. II. i. 7
“the . . . chiding of the
winter's wind”
(cf.
2H4 I. iii. 62
“ winter”
),
H5 IV. i. 15
“a churlish
turf,”
Troil. I. ii. 21.
3.
niggardly, miserly
AYL. II. iv. 81; sparing
of praise John II. i. 519.
4.
stiff, hard
1H4 V. i. 16
“unknit This churlish
knot.”
