Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Deficient in quantity or extent; scanty; as, meager provisions.

Multi-Version Concordance Meager (1 Occurrence) Daniel 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your provision and your drink: for why should he see your faces more meager than the children who are of your sort? then will ye make me endanger my head to the king. (WBS)