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.