The verb meaning to have or make scruples is attested from 1620s. A more literal L. sense of small unit of weight or measurement is attested in English from late 14c. Example Sentences for scruple
Wrens, Georgia. Wrens is a city in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,187 at the 2010 census. It is located on U.S. Route 1, thirty miles south of Augusta.
For other uses, see Wren (disambiguation). The wrens are mostly small, brownish passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. About 80 species of true wrens in roughly 20 genera are described. Only the Eurasian wren occurs in the Old World, where in Anglophone regions, it is commonly known simply as the wren, as it is the originator of the name.