Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
   To make lean. [Obs.]

Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A large European sci[ae]noid fish ({Sci[ae]na umbra} or {S.
   aquila}), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a
   food fish. [Written also {maigre}.]

Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
   macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. ?
   long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.]
   1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

            Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to
            the bones.                            --Shak.

   2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;
      defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren;
      scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence
      of imagery. ``Meager soil.'' --Dryden.

            Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I.
                                                  Taylor.

            His education had been but meager.    --Motley.

   3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.

   Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
        emaciated; scanty; barren.

Source : WordNet®

meagre
     adj : deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
           resources"; "meager fare" [syn: {meager}, {meagerly}]
           [ant: {ample}]