Scroyle, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. escrouelle, a little, shrimp-like worm or vermin, escrouelles, pl., the king’s evil; N. Fr. écrouelles, from Lat. scrofulle, scrofulæ, for scrofula, scrofulæ. See SCROFULA.] A mean fellow; a wretch. [Obs.] Shak.