Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terrifying without danger. 2. (n.) A person clad in rags and tatters. 3. (n.) The black tern.

Multi-Version Concordance Scarecrow (1 Occurrence) Jeremiah 10:5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good." (See NAS RSV NIV)