a. Obs. rare. [f. STARVE v. + -Y.] Poor in quality, starved. a. of land. b. of fruit.
1647. C. Harvey, Schola Cordis, xxvii. 21. Apply Thy plow be-time; now now beginne To furrow up my stiffe and starvy heart.
1656. Hartlib, Herefordsh. Orchards (1724), 6. The rough starvy ground (which in this country we wrongfully call marle). Ibid. Under this starvy ground it finds a more congenial and richer nourishment.
1680. Allen, Peace & Unity, 137. If you would yield the Lord the … pleasant Fruit of all his cost, and not such as is starvy, harsh, and unsavoury.
