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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

measly

/(mē"zly)/ · mea·sly · IPA /ˈmizli/
01 a. Infected with measles.
  1. 1.
    Infected with measles.
  2. 2.
    Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    Contemptibly small in quantity; meager; absurdly insufficient or bad; as, a measly few dollars for all that work.