the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Slight; thin; lean; poor.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Slight; slender; thin; squeaking.
Word Usage
"'The hungry sheep,' as some one says somewhere, 'look up and are not fed;' and the same poet well describes your pipings as being on wretched straw pipes that are 'scrannel' -- a good word."